Pharmacological basis for the use of turmeric in gastrointestinal and respiratory disorders

Life Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 3089-3105

  Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a   Shah, Abdul Jabbar ^a   Ghayur, Muhammad Nabeel ^a   Majeed, Kashif ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ca++ antagonist; Curcuma longa; Curcumin; Spasmolytic; Turmeric; Vasoconstrictor; Vasodilator

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARBACHOL; CURCUMIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM ION; VERAPAMIL;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCUMA LONGA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GUINEA PIG; HEART ATRIUM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; ISOLATED ORGAN; JEJUNUM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCIENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRACHEA; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 17844361899     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.12.021     Document Type: Article

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