Antitussive activity of Althaea officinalis L. polysaccharide rhamnogalacturonan and its changes in guinea pigs with ovalbumine-induced airways inflammation

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 670-675

  Sutovska, M ^a   Capek, P ^b   Franova, S ^a   Joskova, M ^a   Sutovsky, J ^a   Marcinek, J ^a   Kalman, M ^a  

^a University Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Althaea officinalis; Antitussive activity; Guinea pigs; Polysaccharides; Rhamnogalacturonan

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALTHAEA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COUGHING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; TRACHEA;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALTHAEA; ANIMALS; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; COUGH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GUINEA PIGS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; REFLEX; TRACHEA;

EID: 84455167853     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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