Pharmacological study of antispasmodic activity of Mirabilis jalapa Linn flowers

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-101

  Aoki, Kazuko ^a   Cortés, Alma Rosa ^a   Ramírez, María del Carmen ^a   Gómez Hernández, Martín ^a   López Muñoz, Francisco J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antispasmodic; Guinea pig ileum; Mirabilis jalapa; Nyctaginaceae; Rabbit jejunum; Rabbit thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

MIRABILIS JALAPA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FLOWER; MALE; MIRABILIS; MIRABILIS JALAPA; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOWERS; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MIRABILIS; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN;

CAVIA; MIRABILIS JALAPA; NYCTAGINACEAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 38749139219     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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