Vasodilator effect of the extracts and some coumarins from the stem bark of Mammea africana (Guttiferae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 329-334

  Dongmo, A B ^a   Azebaze, A G B ^a   Nguelefack, T B ^b   Ouahouo, B M ^c   Sontia, B ^d   Meyer, M ^e   Nkengfack, A E ^c   Kamanyi, A ^b   Vierling, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Coumarins; Endothelium; l NAME; Mammea africana; Vasodilator

Indexed keywords

4 N PROPYLCOUMARIN; 4 PHENYLCOUMARIN; COUMARIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; INDOMETACIN; MAMMEA AFRICANA EXTRACT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSTANOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; GUTTIFERAE; MALE; MAMMEA AFRICANA; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; RAT; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; COUMARINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MAMMEA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

CAVIA; CLUSIACEAE; MAMMEA; MAMMEA AFRICANA; RATTUS;

EID: 34047183237     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.11.026     Document Type: Article

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