Spasmolytic and antidiarrhoeal properties of the Yucatec Mayan medicinal plant Casimiroa tetrameria

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1081-1085

  Heinrich, Michael ^a   Heneka, Bilkis ^b   Ankli, Anita ^c   Rimpler, Horst ^b   Sticher, Otto ^c   Kostiza, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Pentapharm Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; CASIMIROA TETRAMERIA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; FUROCOUMARIN; HISTAMINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASIMIROA TETRAMERIA; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DYSENTERY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM CONTRACTION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CASIMIROA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ETHANOL; GASTRIC ACID; GUINEA PIGS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; ILEUM; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MEXICO; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 25844469931     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.57.9.0002     Document Type: Article

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