In vitro vasodilator activity of Ouratea (Ochnaceae) species and fractions from Ouratea semiserrata (Mart.) Engl.;Atividade vasodilatadora in vitro de espécies de Ouratea (Ochnaceae) e de frações de Ouratea semiserrata (Mart.) Engl.

Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Farmaceuticas/Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-91

  Valadares, Ydia Mariele ^a   Braga de Oliveira, Alaíde ^a   Côrtes, Steyner F ^a   Lombardi, Júlio Antônio ^a   Castro Braga, Fernão ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ouratea castanaefolia; Ouratea semiserrata; Ouratea spectabilis; Rat aorta; Total proanthocyanidin content; Vasodilator effect

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ASTRINGENT AGENT; OURATEA CASTANAEFOLIA EXTRACT; OURATEA SEMISERRATA EXTRACT; OURATEA SPECTABILIS EXTRACT; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; FRACTIONATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; VASODILATATION; VEGETATION;

EID: 0042928470     PISSN: 15169332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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