Relaxant effect of Mondia whitei extracts on isolated guinea pig corpus cavernosum

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Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 44-52

  Watcho, Pierre ^a   Djoukeng, Clarisse N ^a   Zelefack, Fabien ^b   Nguelefack, Télesphore B ^a   Ngouela, Sylvère ^b   Kamtchouing, Pierre ^b   Tsamo, Etienne ^b   Kamanyi, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Mondia whitei; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE; INDOMETACIN; MONDIA WHITEI EXTRACT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; MALE; MONDIA WHITEI; NONHUMAN; PERIPLOCA; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 34548393752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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