Anti-inflammatory and smooth muscle relaxant activities of the hydroalcoholic extract and chemical constituents from Amburana cearensis A. C. Smith

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 335-340

  Leal, L K A M ^a   Nechio, M ^a   Silveira, E R ^a   Canuto, K M ^a   Fontenele, J B ^a   Ribeiro, R A ^a   Viana, G S B ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amburana cearensis; Anti inflammatory and smooth muscle relaxant activities; Coumarin; Flavonoid

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; BARIUM CHLORIDE; CARBACHOL; CARRAGEENAN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLAVONOID; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; HISTAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL MIGRATION INHIBITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FABACEAE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEUTROPHILS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRACHEA; VAS DEFERENS;

AMBURANA CEARENSIS; CAVIA PORCELLUS; DIPTERYX ODORATA; FAGACEAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037545848     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1139     Document Type: Article

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