The effect of aqueous extract of Crocus sativus on the electrophysiological properties of isolated perfused rabbit AV-node

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2647-2651

  Khori, Vahid ^a   Nayebpour, Mohsen ^b   Mansourian, Azad Reza ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; C. sativus; Superfused AV node

Indexed keywords

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33845277565     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.2647.2651     Document Type: Article

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