Antispasmodic activity of licochalcone A, a species-specific ingredient of Glycyrrhiza inflata roots

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1421-1426

  Nagai, Hidemasa ^a   He, Ju Xiu ^a   Tani, Tadato ^a,b   Akao, Teruaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b OSAKA OHTANI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BARIUM CHLORIDE; CARBACHOL; CYCLIC AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; FORSKOLIN; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; LICOCHALCONE A; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLYCYRRHIZA INFLATA; IC 50; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; ANIMALS; CHALCONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLYCYRRHIZA; JEJUNUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPASM;

EID: 35348986629     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.59.10.0013     Document Type: Article

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