Antispasmodic effect of shakuyakukanzoto extract on experimental muscle cramps in vivo: Role of the active constituents of Glycyrrhizae radix

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 286-293

  Lee, Keiko K ^a,b   Omiya, Yuji ^b   Yuzurihara, Mitsutoshi ^b   Kase, Yoshio ^b   Kobayashi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TSUMURA AND CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antispasmodic; Glycyrrhizae radix; Kampo; Muscle cramps; Shakuyakukanzoto

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DANTROLENE; FLAVONOID; GLYCYCOUMARIN; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN; ISOLIQUIRITIN APIOSIDE; LIQUIRITIGENIN; LIQUIRITIN APIOSIDE; PAEONIA RADIX; PLANT EXTRACT; SHAKUYAKUKANZOTO EXTRACT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLYCYRRHIZA; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; CHALCONE; CHALCONES; COUMARINS; DANTROLENE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FLAVANONES; GLUCOSIDES; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAEONIA; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; TIBIAL NERVE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84871281530     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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