Effect of xanthorrhizol, xanthorrhizol glycoside and trachylobanoic acid isolated from Cachani complex plants upon the contractile activity of uterine smooth muscle

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 202-205

  Ponce Monter, Hector ^a   Campos, Maria G ^a,b   Aguilar, Isabel ^c   Delgado, Guillermo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cachani complex; Rat uterus; Trachylobanoic acid; Xanthorrhizol

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CIMETIDINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM ION; PROPRANOLOL; TRACHYLOBANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHORRHIZOL; XANTHORRHIZOL GLYCOSIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DITERPENES; FEMALE; GLYCOSIDES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHENOLS; PLANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032944797     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199905)13:3<202::AID-PTR418>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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