Vascular responsiveness to Macrosolen cochinchinensis extracts in isolated rat thoracic aorta

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-199

  Ameer, Omar Z ^a   Salman, I M ^a   Siddiqui, Md J A ^a   Yam, M F ^a,b   Sriramaneni, R N ^a   Mutee, A F ^a   Sadikun, A ^a   Ismail, Z ^a   Asmawi, M Z ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aortic rings; Loranthaceae; Noradrenaline; Polyphenolic content; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DITERPENOID; MACROGOL 400; MACROSOLEN COCHINCHINENSIS EXTRACT; METHANOL; NORADRENALIN; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BERRY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRACTION; FLOWER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOT EXTRACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MACROSOLEN COCHINCHINENSIS; MALE; MAXIMAL CONTRACTILE RESPONSE; MEDIAN EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 68949110335     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2009.191.199     Document Type: Article

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