Spasmolytic action of Lepechinia caulescens is through calcium channel blockade and NO release

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 364-370

  Estrada Soto, Samuel ^a   Rodríguez Avilez, Antonino ^a   Castañeda Ávila, Cindy ^a   Castillo España, Patricia ^a   Navarrete Vázquez, Gabriel ^a   Hernández, Lourdes ^b   Aguirre Crespo, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Diarrhoea; Lamiaceae; Lepechinia caulescens; Mexican medicinal plants; Spasmolytic

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARBACHOL; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE; LEPECHINIA CAULESCENS EXTRACT; METHANOL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ILEUM; LEPECHINIA CAULESCENS; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPASMOLYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MEXICO; NITRIC OXIDE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAMIACEAE; LEPECHINIA CAULESCENS; RATTUS;

EID: 35648964764     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.08.023     Document Type: Article

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