Mechanisms underlying the antispasmodic and bronchodilatory properties of Terminalia bellerica fruit

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 528-538

  Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a   Khan, Arif ullah ^a,b   Ali, Tuba ^a   Ajmal, Saad ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anticholinergic; Ca++ antagonist; Gastrointestinal and respiratory disorders; Terminalia bellerica fruit

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CARBACHOL; CASTOR OIL; DICYCLOVERINE; NIFEDIPINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TERMINALIA BELLERICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATING ACTIVITY; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; JEJUNUM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA BELLERICA; TRACHEA;

CAVIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA;

EID: 40249086505     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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