Effects of ethanol extract of Moringa stenopetala leaves on guinea-pig and mouse smooth muscle

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 442-444

  Mekonnen, Yalemtsehay ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antispasmodic; Guinea pig; Moringa stenopetala; Mouse; Oxytocic

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALCOHOL; MORINGA STENOPETALA EXTRACT; OXYTOCIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; DUODENUM; ETHANOL; ETHIOPIA; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; MICE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOLVENTS;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MORINGA STENOPETALA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032788096     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199908/09)13:5<442::AID-PTR476>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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