Demonstration of antihistamine properties with AST-1: A bioactive extract from garden slugs (Diplosolenodes occidentalis)

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-16

  Jacob, A ^a   Simon, Oswald ^a   Reese, P ^a   Singh, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AST 1; DIMAPRIT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DIPLOSOLENODES OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR; NATURAL PRODUCT; OVALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOSOLENODES OCCIDENTALIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GASTROPOD; GUINEA PIG; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; SKIN ALLERGY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

EID: 34347225896     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442007000100003     Document Type: Article

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