Antiplatelet activity of α- and β-amyrin, isomeric mixture from Protium heptaphyllum

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 343-349

  Aragão, Gislei F ^a   Carneiro, Lyvia M V ^a   Júnior, Antônio P F ^a   Bandeira, Paulo N ^a   Lemos, Telma L G ^a   Viana, Glauce S De B ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Campus Do Pici ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

and Amyrin; Platelet aggregation; Protium heptaphyllum

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA AMYRIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BETA AMYRIN; COLLAGEN; DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; PROTIUM HEPTAPHYLLUM; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION;

BURSERACEAE; PROTIUM; PROTIUM HEPTAPHYLLUM;

EID: 34250327024     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200701212916     Document Type: Article

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