Preliminary evaluation of the antispasmodic and lipoxygenase inhibitory effects of some selected medicinal plants

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1137-1141

  Khan, Taous ^a   Ahmad, Mansoor ^b   Ahmad, Waqar ^c   Saqib, Qazi Najam Us ^a   Choudhary, Muhammad Iqbal ^b  

^a Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aconitum laeve; Antispasmodic; Lipoxygenase inhibition; Paeonia emodi; Sauromatum guttatum; Trichodesma indicum

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACONITUM LAEVE EXTRACT; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; PAEONIA EMODI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAUROMATUM GUTTATUM EXTRACT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRICHODESMA INDICUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACONITUM LAEVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTISPASMODIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BERRY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; JEJUNUM; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PAEONIA EMODI; PLANT LEAF; SAUROMATUM GUTTATUM; TRICHODESMA INDICUM;

ACONITUM LAEVE; ARACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PAEONIA EMODI; PAEONIACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; SAUROMATUM GUTTATUM; TRICHODESMA INDICUM;

EID: 70450209059     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903008708     Document Type: Article

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