Bioassay-guided fractionation of a thymol-deprived hydrophilic thyme extract and its antispasmodic effect

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 848-853

  Engelbertz, Jonas ^a   Lechtenberg, Matthias ^a   Studt, Lena ^a   Hensel, Andreas ^a   Verspohl, Eugen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antispasmodic effect; Bioguided fractionation; Lamiaceae; Luteolin; Rat trachea; Thymus vulgaris L.

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; LUTEOLIN; LUTEOLIN 7 GLUCOSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSMARINIC ACID; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; THYME EXTRACT; THYME SPISSUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHILICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTITION CHROMATOGRAPHY; RAT; THYME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYMUS PLANT; TRACHEA;

LAMIACEAE; RATTUS; THYMUS VULGARIS; THYMUS ZYGIS;

EID: 84861335137     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.03.025     Document Type: Article

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