Antispasmodic and vasodilator activities of Morinda citrifolia root extract are mediated through blockade of voltage dependent calcium channels

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gilani, Anwarul H ^a,c   Mandukhail, Saf Ur Rehman ^a,b   Iqbal, Javeid ^b   Yasinzai, Masoom ^b   Aziz, Nauman ^a   Khan, Aslam ^a   Najeeb ur Rehman, ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; POTASSIUM ION; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; JEJUNUM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RABBIT; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPASMOLYSIS; THORACIC AORTA; TISSUE PREPARATION; TOXICITY TESTING; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DIARRHEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; HYPERTENSION; JEJUNUM; MICE; MORINDA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; POTASSIUM; RABBITS; RATS; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 77649121685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-2     Document Type: Article

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