Antispasmodic effects of Aloysia polystachya and A. gratissima tinctures and extracts are due to non-competitive inhibition of intestinal contractility induced by acethylcholine and calcium

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 889-900

  Consolini, Alicia E ^a   Berardi, Andrea ^a   Rosella, María A ^a   Volonté, María G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

( ) carvone; Aloysia; Antispasmodic; Ca antagonist; Rat ntestine; Verbenaceae

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALOYSIA GRATISSIMA EXTRACT; ALOYSIA POLYSTACHYA EXTRACT; CALCIUM; CARVONE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; HESPERIDIN; ISOVITEXIN; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEXIN;

ALOYSIA GRATISSIMA; ALOYSIA POLYSTACHYA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; DUODENUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; ILEUM; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SOUTH AMERICA; TINCTURE; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 80053447118     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2011005000137     Document Type: Article

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