Mechanisms of the contractile effect of the hydroalcoholic extract of Cissampelos sympodialis Eichl. in the rat aorta

Phytomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-67

  Freitas, M R ^a   Lemos, V S ^a   Queiroga, C E G ^a   Thomas, G ^a   Medeiros, I A ^a   Cortes S F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cissampelos sympodialis; Nitric oxide and cyclooxygenase; Rat aorta; adrenoceptors

Indexed keywords

CISSAMPELOS SYMPODIALIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; CISSAMPELOS; CISSAMPELOS SYMPODIALIS;

EID: 0034067904     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(00)80023-9     Document Type: Article

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