Different effects of some isoquinoline alkaloids from Argemone mexicana on electrically induced contractions of isolated guinea-pig ileum

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-157

  Piacente, Sonia ^a   Capasso, Anna ^a   De Tommasi, Nunziatina ^a   Jativa, Cumanda ^b   Pizza, Cosimo ^d   Sorrentino, Ludovico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DE CHIMBORAZO   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Allocryptopine; Argemone mexicana; Berberine; Electrical contractions; Guinea pig ileum; Protopine

Indexed keywords

ARGEMONE OIL; BERBERINE; CHLOROFORM; ISOQUINOLINE ALKALOID; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTOPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FRACTIONATION; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PURIFICATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALIA; ARGEMONE; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030902714     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199703)11:2<155::AID-PTR48>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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