Antispasmodic and anti-diarrhoeal effect of Satureja hortensis L. essential oil

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 187-192

  Hajhashemi, Valiollah ^a   Sadraei, Hassan ^a   Ghannadi, Ali Reza ^a   Mohseni, Mandana ^a  

^a Isfahan Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti diarrhoea; Antispasmodic; Essential oil; Lamiaceae; Satureja hortensis L.

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; DICYCLOVERINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SATUREJA HORTENSIS EXTRACT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ILEUM CONTRACTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CASTOR OIL; CATHARTICS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ILEUM; IRAN; LAMIACEAE; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OILS, VOLATILE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0033919881     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00209-3     Document Type: Article

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