Leaf press juice from Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lamarck) Oken induces myometrial relaxation

Phytomedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-82

  Wachter R ^a   Brenneisen, R ^b   Hamburger, M ^c   Mennet, M ^d   Schnelle, M ^d   Worel, A M ^d   Simoes Wust A P ^e   Von Mandach, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d WELEDA AG   (Germany)

^e Paracelsus Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bryophyllum pinnatum; Crassulaceae; Flavonoids; Kalanchoe pinnata; Myometrium; Relaxation; Tocolysis

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM EXTRACT; BUFADIENOLIDE DERIVATIVE; BUFALIN; CINNAMIC ACID; FLAVONOID; HESPERIDIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SEPHADEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM JUICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRASSULACEAE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PRODUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RELAXATION;

FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; KALANCHOE; MYOMETRIUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PREGNANCY; TOCOLYSIS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

CRASSULACEAE; KALANCHOE PINNATA;

EID: 82755182859     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2011.06.032     Document Type: Article

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