Bronchodilatory effect of Acorus calamus (Linn.) is mediated through multiple pathways

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 471-477

  Shah, Abdul Jabbar ^a,b   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a,c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acorus calamus; Airways disorders; Anticholinergic; Calcium antagonist; PDEs inhibition

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; HEXANE; ISOPRENALINE; PAPAVERINE; ROLIPRAM; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRACHEA;

ACORUS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARBACHOL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PAPAVERINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 4 INHIBITORS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM; RHIZOME; ROLIPRAM; TRACHEA; VERAPAMIL;

ACORUS CALAMUS; CAVIA;

EID: 77956267433     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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