Extracts from plants used in Mexican traditional medicine activate Ca2+-dependent chloride channels in Xenopus laevis oocytes

Phytomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 416-421

  Rojas, A ^a   Mendoza, S ^a   Moreno, J ^a   Arellano, R O ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baccharis heterophylla; Ca2+ dependent Cl current; Chenopodium murale; Desmodium grahami; Gentiana spathacea; Solanum rostratum; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

BACCHARIS HETEROPHYLLA EXTRACT; CALCIUM; CHENOPODIUM MURALE EXTRACT; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLOROFORM; DESMODIUM GRAHAMI EXTRACT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; GENTIANA SPATHACEA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLANUM ROSTRATUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BACCHARIS HETEROPHYLLA; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CHENOPODIUM MURALE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DESMODIUM GRAHAMI; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FEMALE; GENTIANA SPATHACEA; GENTIANACEAE; GOOSEFOOT; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SOLANUM ROSTRATUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS HETEROPHYLLA; CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM MURALE; DESMODIUM; DESMODIUM GRAHAMI; FABACEAE; GENTIANA; GENTIANA SPATHACEA; GENTIANACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM ROSTRATUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0038546633     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-7113-00199     Document Type: Article

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