Vasoactive effects of different fractions from two Panamanians plants used in Amerindian traditional medicine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 497-501

  Guerrero, Estela I ^a   Morán Pinzón, Juan A ^a   Ortíz, Luis Gabriel ^a   Olmedo, Dionisio ^a   del Olmo, Esther ^b   López Pérez, José L ^b   Feliciano, Arturo San ^b   Gupta, Mahabir P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Cecropia obtusifolia; Kuna; Ng be; Psychotria poeppigiana; Vasorelaxant

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA EXTRACT; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PSYCHOTRIA POEPPIGIANA EXTRACT; RADIOLIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANGIOTENSIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FRACTIONATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

AJUGA REPTANS; CECROPIA; CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA; CEPHAELIS; KUNA; PSYCHOTRIA POEPPIGIANA; RATTUS; RUBIACEAE; URTICACEAE;

EID: 77956269091     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.06.036     Document Type: Article

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