Spasmogenic, spasmolytic and antihypertensive activity of Forsskalea tenacissima L

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 381-385

  Shah, Syed Wadood Ali ^a   Kamil, Samir ^a,b   Ahmad, Waqar ^a   Ali, Niaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive; Ec50; Forsskalea tenacissima; Spasmogenic; Spasmolytic; Values

Indexed keywords

FORSSKALEA TENACISSIMA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FORSSKALEA TENACISSIMA; HYPERTENSION; IN VIVO STUDY; JEJUNUM; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; SPASMOGENIC ACTIVITY; SPASMOLYTIC ACTIVITY; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 77954686067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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