Constituents of Croton menthodorus and their effects on electrically induced contractions of the guinea-pig isolated ileum

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 156-159

  Capasso, Anna ^a   Piacente, Sonia ^a   De Tommasi, Nunziatina ^a   Ragucci, Massimo ^a   Pizza, Cosimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Croton menthodorus; Electrically induced contractions; Flavonol glycosides; Guinea pig ileum; O methylflavinantine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; CHLOROFORM; CROTON MENTHODORUS EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON MENTHODORUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM CONTRACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EUPHORBIACEAE; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; MORPHINANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; CROTON; CROTON MENTHODORUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034073084     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(200005)14:3<156::AID-PTR630>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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