Suppressive effect of pectic polysaccharides from Cucurbita pepo L. var. Styriaca on citric acid-induced cough reflex in guinea pigs

Fitoterapia

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-364

  Nosáľová, Gabriela ^a   Prisenžňáková, Ľubica ^a   Košťálová, Zuzana ^b   Ebringerová, Anna ^b   Hromádková, Zdenka ^b  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antitussive activity; Citric acid; Cough reflex; Guinea pigs; Pectic polysaccharides; Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L. var. Styriaca)

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CITRIC ACID; CODEINE; PECTIC POLYSACCHARIDE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SQUASH EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG STRUCTURE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SQUASH;

ANIMALS; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; CITRIC ACID; CODEINE; COUGH; CUCURBITA; DRUG SYNERGISM; FRUIT; GUINEA PIGS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PECTINS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

CAVIA; CUCURBITA PEPO;

EID: 79951682745     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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