Dietary intake of the flower extracts of German Chamomile (Matricaria recutita L.) inhibited compound 48/80-induced itch-scratch responses in mice

Phytomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 657-664

  Kobayashi, Y ^a,b   Nakano, Y ^a   Inayama, K ^a   Sakai, A ^a   Kamiya, T ^a  

^a KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antipruritic; Compositae; Compound 48 80; Itch; Matricaria recutita; Scratch

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CHAMOMILE; COMPOUND 48-80; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; MATRICARIA RECUTITA EXTRACT; OXATOMIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; FLOWER; MALE; MATRICARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING;

ANIMALIA; ANTHEMIS; ASTERACEAE; MATRICARIA; MATRICARIA RECUTITA;

EID: 0345491411     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-7113-00283     Document Type: Article

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