Antipruritic effect of flavonol and 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives from impatients balsamina L.

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 343-347

  Ishiguro, Kyoko ^a   Oku, Hisae ^a  

^a MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,4 naphthoquinones flavonols; Antipruritic effect; Compound 48 80; Dextran T 40; Impatiens balsamina L.; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; 2 METHOXY 1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; ALCOHOL; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; ASTRAGALIN; COMPOUND 48-80; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DEXTRAN; DEXTRAN T 40; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; IMPATIENS BALSAMINA EXTRACT; KAEMPFEROL; KAEMPFEROL 3 RHAMNOSYLDIGLUCOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE; LAWSONE; NICOTIFLORIN; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRURITUS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SCRATCHING;

IMPATIENTS BALSAMINA;

EID: 0030861031     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199708)11:5<343::AID-PTR103>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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