Cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase inhibitory activity and chemical screening of four medicinal plants

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-183

  Chit, K ^a   Myint, W ^a   Thein, K ^a   Win Win Maw, ^a   Mar Mar Myint, ^a   Than, A ^a   Khin, M ^a  

^a Department of Medical Research ^*  (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Acorus calamusLinn.; Alpinia galanga Willd.; Chemical screening; Desmodium triquetrum D.C. and Vitis discolour Dalz; Phosphodiesterase inhibition

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; ALPINIA GALANGA EXTRACT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BERBERINE; CHLOROFORM; CYCLIC AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; DESMODIUM TRIQUETRUM EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; MEFLOQUINE; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITIS DISCOLOUR EXTRACT;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ALPINIA GALANGA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMODIUM TRIQUETRUM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME INHIBITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; VITIS DISCOLOUR;

ACORUS; ACORUS CALAMUS; ALPINIA GALANGA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESMODIUM; KAEMPFERIA GALANGA; VITIS;

EID: 0034821396     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.39.3.181.5932     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. The assay of adenosine 3′5′ cyclic monophosphate and guanosine 3′5′ cyclic monophosphate in biological material by radioisotope displacement
2. Qinghaosu (artemisinin). Anti-malarial drug from China
3. The link between phyto-chemistry and medicine
4. Chemical screening of medicinal plants used in the traditional pharmacopoeia of a Niger
5. Effect ofDesmodium triquetrum (Lauk-thay-ywet) extract on some pathogenic bacteria
6. Preliminary screening of medicinal plants for biological inhibition of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase
7. Inhibition of cyclic AMP phophodiesterase in medicinal plants
8. Anticholinestrase activities of some agents and some medicinal plants
9. Characterization of cyclic nucleotide phophodiesterase of rat tissue