Inhibitory effects of ginger oil on spontaneous and PGF2α- induced contraction of rat myometrium

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-391

  Buddhakala, Nopparat ^a   Talubmook, Chusri ^b   Sriyotha, Poonsook ^a   Wray, Susan ^c   Kupittayanant, Sajeera ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Citral; Ginger oil; Uterus; Zingiber officinale Roscoe; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CITRAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GINGER EXTRACT; GINGER OIL; NIFEDIPINE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; RAT; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; DINOPROST; FEMALE; GINGER; MONOTERPENES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; NIFEDIPINE; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, INBRED WF; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

RATTUS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 42549120549     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1034323     Document Type: Article

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