Antiasthmatic activity of the methanol extract of leaves of Passifiora incarnata

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 821-822

  Dhawan, Kamaideep ^a   Kumar, Suresh ^a   Sharma, Anupam ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine chloride; Antiasthmatic; Anxiolytic; Benzoflavone; Bronchospasm; Passiflora incarnata Linn.

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METHANOL; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SCREENING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; BRONCHIAL SPASM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; PASSIFLORA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA;

EID: 0043012021     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1151     Document Type: Article

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