Antiplatelet and vasorelaxing actions of aporphinoids from Cassytha filiformis

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Wu, Yang Chang ^a   Chang, Fang Rong ^a   Chao, Ya Chieh ^a   Teng, Che Ming ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Antiplatelet aggregation; Aporphine; Cassytha filiformis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; APORPHINE DERIVATIVE; CATHAFILINE; CATHAFORMINE; N METHYLACTINODAPHNINE; NIFEDIPINE; PRAZOSIN; PREDICENTRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; AORTA CONSTRICTION; BIOASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; VASODILATATION;

CASSYTHA FILIFORMIS;

EID: 0031684338     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(1998)12:1+3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Conference Paper

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