Parthenolide inhibits the contractile responses of rat stomach fundus to fenfluramine and dextroamphetamine but not serotonin

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Béjar, Ezra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Rees Stealy Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Parthenolide; Rat fundus; Serotonin release; Sesquiterpene lactone; Tanacetum parthenium

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; FENCLONINE; FENFLURAMINE; PARTHENOLIDE; RESERPINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2B RECEPTOR; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ISOLATED ORGAN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH MUSCLE; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM;

TANACETUM PARTHENIUM;

EID: 0342593145     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(95)01319-9     Document Type: Article

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