Evaluation of the antiurolithiatic activity of the extract of Costus spiralis Roscoe in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-198

  Araújo Viel, Tânia ^a   Diogo Domingos, Cristina ^a   Da Silva Monteiro, Ana Paula ^a   Riggio Lima Landman, Maria Teresa ^a   Lapa, Antonio José ^a   Souccar, Caden ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Costus spinalis Roscoe; Medicinal plant; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETHANECHOL; CALCIUM OXALATE; COSTUS SPIRALIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER MUSCLE; BLADDER STONE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; DIURESIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CALCIUM OXALATE; DIURESIS; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CALCULI; ZINC;

EID: 0032985285     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00171-8     Document Type: Article

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