Effects of the water soluble fraction from leaves of Ageratum conyzoides on smooth muscle

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 130-132

  Silva, Maria Jeane Margort E ^a   Capaz, Francisco Ruy ^a   Vale, Marcus Raimundo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ageratum conyzoides; Myorelaxant effect; Phosphodiesterase; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES EXTRACT; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CYCLIC AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; HISTAMINE; OXYTOCIN; PLANT EXTRACT; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPASMOLYSIS; UTERUS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; DUODENUM; FEMALE; JEJUNUM; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OXYTOCIN; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLUBILITY; THEOPHYLLINE; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES;

EID: 0342313769     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(200003)14:2<130::AID-PTR594>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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