Vasorelaxant effect of Mexican medicinal plants on isolated rat aorta

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 540-546

  Aguirre Crespo, Francisco ^a   Castillo España, Patricia ^a   Villalobos Molina, Rafael ^b,c   López Guerrero, Juan Javier ^b   Estrada Soto, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brickellia cavanillesii; Iresine calea; Laelia autumnalis; Lepechinia caulescens; Mexican medicinal plants; Psyttacanthus calyculathus; Rat aorta; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRICKELLIA CAVANILLESII; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HYPERTENSION; IRESINE CALEA; LAELIA AUTUMNALIS; LEPECHINIA CAULESCENS; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PSYTTACANTHUS CALYCULATHUS; RAT; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALIA; BRICKELLIA; CALEA; IRESINE; LAELIA AUTUMNALIS; LEPECHINIA;

EID: 27444441041     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200500220839     Document Type: Article

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