Effects of the Tibetan herbal formula Padma® Lax on visceral nociception and contractility of longitudinal smooth muscle in a rat model

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Gschossmann, J M ^a   Krayer, M ^a   Flogerzi, B ^a   Balsiger, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

colon; contractility; Padma Lax; rat; smooth muscle; visceral nociception

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAXATIVE; PADMA LAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; COLON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; HERBAL MEDICINE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TIBETAN MEDICINE; VISCERA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; COLON; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PAIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 77955438610     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01512.x     Document Type: Article

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