Relaxant effects of Ocimum basilicum on guinea pig tracheal chains and its possible mechanism(s)

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Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-33

  Boskabady, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Kiani, Sahar ^a   Haghiri, Behnia ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Ocimum basilicum; Relaxant; Respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASIL; BRONCHODILATATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACHEA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 27644548094     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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