Effects of adlay hull extracts on uterine contraction and Ca2+ mobilization in the rat

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 295, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Hsia, Shih Min ^a   Kuo, Yueh Hsiung ^b   Chiang, Wenchang ^a   Wang, Paulus S ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coix lachryma jobi; Dysmenorrhea; Smooth muscle; Uterus

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BUTANOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; COIX LACHRYMA JOBI MA YUEN EXTRACT; HEXANE; NARINGENIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; QUERCETIN; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ABORTIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; METHANOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SOLVENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CHINESE MEDICINE; COIX LACHRYMA JOBI MA YUEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; ANIMAL; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; COIX; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COIX; DINOPROST; FEMALE; METHANOL; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEEDS; SOLVENTS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 53149108605     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.90367.2008     Document Type: Article

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