Pharmacological properties and identification of cardiotonic principles from the Indian snuff, Maquira sclerophylla, Ducke

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-141

  De Carvalho, João Ernesto ^a   Souccar, Caden ^b   Tersariol, Ivarne Luis ^b   Torres, Luce Brandão ^c   Lapa, Antonio José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardenolides; Dart poison; Indian snuff; Maquira sclerophylla Ducke; Medicinal plant; Na+,K+ ATPase activity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CARDENOLIDE; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CYMARIN; MAQUIRA SCHLEROPHYLLA EXTRACT; MAQUIROSIDE A; OUABAIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; FRACTIONATION; GUINEA PIG; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; RABBIT; RAT; SNIFFING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MAQUIRA; MAQUIRA SCLEROPHYLLA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA; STROPHANTHUS GRATUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030906010     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199703)11:2<136::AID-PTR53>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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