Effects of extracts of seed and leaf of Piper guineense on skeletal muscle activity in rat and frog

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 106-110

  Udoh, Francis V ^a   Lot, Theodore Y ^b   Braide, Victor B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Frog rectus abdominis; Leaf; Phrenic nerve hemidiaphragm; Piper guineense; Seed

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DECAMETHONIUM; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FROG; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; RAT;

ANIMALS; DIAPHRAGM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; NIGERIA; PHRENIC NERVE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; PIPER GUINEENSE; RECTUS;

EID: 0032989163     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199903)13:2<106::AID-PTR362>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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