Spasmolytic effect of Mentha pulegium L. involves ionic flux regulation in rat ileum strips

Journal of Smooth Muscle Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-117

  Estrada Soto, Samuel ^a   González Maldonado, Dalia ^a   Castillo España, Patricia ^b   Aguirre CRESPO, Francisco ^a   Sánchez Salgado, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE QUINTANA ROO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Mentha pulegium; Spasmolytic; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ILEUM; MALE; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANIMALS; ILEUM; MALE; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MEXICO; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 77953977956     PISSN: 09168737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1540/jsmr.46.107     Document Type: Article

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