Flavonoids from Achyrocline satureioides with relaxant effects on the smooth muscle of Guinea pig corpus cavernosum

Phytomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 366-369

  Hnatyszyn, O ^a   Moscatelli, V ^a   Rondina, R ^a   Costa, M ^a   Arranz, C ^a   Balaszczuk, A ^a   Coussio, J ^a   Ferraro, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Achyrocline satureioides; Corpus cavernosum; Flavonoids; Smooth muscle relaxation

Indexed keywords

ACHYROCLINE SATUREIOIDES EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; QUERCETIN 3 METHYL ETHER; QUERCETIN 3,5,7,3'4' PENTAMETHYL ETHER; QUERCETIN 3,7,3',4' TETRAMETHYL ETHER; QUERCETIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHYROCLINE SATUREIOIDES; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; FRACTIONATION; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASODILATATION;

ACHYROCLINE; ACHYROCLINE SATUREIOIDES; ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 2442688870     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944711041495182     Document Type: Article

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