Antispasmodic effects of Rooibos tea (Aspalathus linearis) is mediated predominantly through K+-channel activation

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 365-373

  Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a   Khan, Arif Ullah ^a   Ghayur, Muhammad N ^a,b   Ali, Syed Faizan ^a   Herzig, Joachim W ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c FACHHOCHSCHULE WORMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPALATHUS LINEARIS EXTRACT; CROMAKALIM; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ROOIBOS TEA; RUTOSIDE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPALATHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; APIGENIN; ASPALATHUS; BEVERAGES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; GLUCOSIDES; GLYBURIDE; JEJUNUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RABBITS;

ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33750568636     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2006.pto_507.x     Document Type: Article

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