The relaxation of isolated rabbit corpus cavernosum by the herbal medicine Catuama® and its constituents

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 416-421

  Antunes, E ^a   Gordo, W M ^a   De Oliveira, J F ^a   Teixeira, C E ^a   Hyslop, S ^a   De Nucci, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cyclic; Nitric oxide; ODQ; Paullinia cupana; Ptychopetalum olacoides; Trichilia catigua; Zingiber officinalis

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ATROPINE; CATUAMA; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; GINGER EXTRACT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PAULLINIA CUPANA EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PTYCHOPETALUM OLACOIDES EXTRACT; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN; TRICHILIA CATIGUA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RABBITS; ROSALES; STOMACH;

CATUAMA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PAULLINIA CUPANA; PTYCHOPETALUM; PTYCHOPETALUM OLACOIDES; TRICHILIA; ZINGIBER;

EID: 0034893119     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.861     Document Type: Article

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