Antispasmodic Effect of the Essential Oil of Plectranthus barbatus and some Major Constituents on the Guinea-Pig Ileum

Planta Medica

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1080-1085

  Câmara, Carlos C ^a   Nascimento, Nilberto R F ^b,c   Macêdo Filho, Carlos L ^b   Almeida, Fábio B S ^b   Fonteles, Manassés C ^b,c,d  

^a Esc Sup de Agric de Mossoro   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d Unidade de Pesquisas Clínicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Labiatae; Pinene; Plectranthus barbatus; Smooth muscle relaxant; Terpenes gastrointestinal disturbances

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA SELINENE; BARIUM CHLORIDE; BETA 1,2 CYMENE; BETA ELEMENE; BOURBONENE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARBACHOL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CROTON OIL; EREMOPHYLLENE; HISTAMINE; HUMULENE; HUMULENONE; LIMONENE; MANOOL; MYRCENE; NIFEDIPINE; PAPAVERINE; PINENE; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS ESSENTIAL OIL; POTASSIUM; SELINENE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; PLECTRANTHUS;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; CROTON; LAMIACEAE; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1242284446     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-45186     Document Type: Article

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