The pharmacological effects of an aqueous extract from Acacia nilotica seeds

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 683-685

  Amos, S ^a   Akah, P A ^b   Odukwe, C J ^a   Gamaniel, K S ^a   Wambede, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acacia nilotica; Blood pressure elevation; Calcium; Folk medicine; Spasmogenic activity

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CALCIUM; HEXAMETHONIUM; NIFEDIPINE; PROMETHAZINE;

ACACIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED;

ACACIA NILOTICA;

EID: 0032786486     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199912)13:8<683::AID-PTR534>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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