Relaxant effect of essential oil of Artemisia herba-alba Asso. on rodent jejunum contractions

Scientia Pharmaceutica

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 457-467

  Aziz, Mohammed ^a   Karim, Ahmed ^a   El Ouariachi, El Mokhtar ^a   Bouyanzer, Abdelhamid ^a   Amrani, Souliman ^a   Mekhfi, Hassane ^a   Ziyyat, Abderrahim ^a   Melhaoui, Ahmed ^a   Bnouham, Mohamed ^a   Legssyer, Abdelkhaleq ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Artemisia herba alba asso; Essential oil; Rodent jejunum; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CARBACHOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; IC 50; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; JEJUNUM; NONHUMAN; RAT; RODENT; SHRUB;

EID: 84865130878     PISSN: 00368709     EISSN: 22180532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3797/scipharm.1106-13     Document Type: Article

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