Effects of saw palmetto extract on micturition reflex of rats and its autonomic receptor binding activity

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1395-1399

  Oki, Tomomi ^a   Suzuki, Mayumi ^a   Nishioka, Yasuhiko ^b   Yasuda, Akio ^b   Umegaki, Keizo ^c   Yamada, Shizuo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bladder; Permixon; Rats; Sprague Dawley; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; METHYLSCOPOLAMINE; N METHYLSCOPOLAMINE H3; PRAZOSIN; PRAZOSIN H3; SABAL EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CAPACITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; IC 50; MALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIOASSAY; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SABAL; URETHRA; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 15044358605     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000146273.26591.f5     Document Type: Article

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