Effects of Zataria multiflora and Carum carvi essential oils and hydroalcoholic extracts of Passiflora incarnata, Berberis integerrima and Crocus sativus on rat isolated uterus

International Journal of Aromatherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 121-127

  Sadraei, Hassan ^b   Ghannadi, Alireza ^a   Takei Bavani, Maryam ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BERBERIS INTEGERRIMA EXTRACT; CARAWAY OIL; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN; OXYGEN; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BERBERIS INTEGERRIMA; CARAWAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCUS SATIVUS; DISTILLATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA; PLANT; PREGNANCY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE SPASM; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA;

EID: 0141535107     PISSN: 09624562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-4562(03)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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