Uterolytic effect of Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & C.A. Mey. (Hypoxidaceae) corm ['African Potato'] aqueous extract

Journal of Smooth Muscle Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 167-176

  Nyinawumuntu, Agatha ^a   Awe, Emmanuel O ^a   Ojewole, John A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African Potato; Aqueous extract (APE); Hypoxis hemerocallidea corm; Natural antenatal remedy; Threatening or premature abortion

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCOSIDE; HYPOXOSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; ROOPEROL; SITOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HYPOXIS; IMMINENT ABORTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; RAT; UTERUS CONTRACTION; WISTAR RAT;

ABORTION, THREATENED; ALKYNES; ANIMALS; CATECHOLS; FEMALE; GLUCOSIDES; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; HYPOXIS; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SITOSTEROLS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 58149517860     PISSN: 09168737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1540/jsmr.44.167     Document Type: Article

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