Relaxant effects of Achillea wilhelmsi on guinea-pig tracheal chains

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 893-899

  Boskabady, M H ^a   Eftekhar, N ^a   Kaveh, M ^a   Nemati, A ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Achillea wilhelmsii; Extract; Guinea pig; Relaxant effects; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA WILHELMSII EXTRACT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; METHACHOLINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHILLEA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; TRACHEA MUSCLE; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 77649253336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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