Anti-spasmodic action of crude methanolic extract and a new compound isolated from the aerial parts of Myrsine africana

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Azam, Sadiq ^a   Bashir, Shumaila ^a   Ahmad, Bashir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antispasmodic action; KCl induced contractions; Myrsigenin; Myrsine africana; Rabbit jejunum

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; MYRSINE AFRICANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MYRSIGENIN; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTISPASMODIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HETERONUCLEAR MULTIPLE BOND CORRELATION; HETERONUCLEAR MULTIPLE QUANTUM COHERENCE; JEJUNUM; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYRSINE AFRICANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RABBIT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLANT; PRIMULACEAE; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; JEJUNUM; MALE; MYRSINACEAE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; STEREOISOMERISM; STEROIDS;

EID: 79959886334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-55     Document Type: Article

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