Activity of crude cold-water extract of the culinary-medicinal oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.:Fr.) P.Kumm. (Higher basidiomycetes), and timolol maleate on induced ocular hypertension

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 467-470

  Ebigwai, Joseph Kayefor ^a   Edu, Esther Aja ^a   Itam, Edisua Hogan ^a   Mofunanya, Ann Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Culinary medicinal mushrooms; Dexamethasone; Hypertensive; Intraocular pressure; Pleurotus ostreatus; Timolol maleate

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FUNGAL EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS EXTRACT; TIMOLOL MALEATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUITING BODY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MICE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PLEUROTUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIMOLOL; WATER;

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; MUS; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS;

EID: 84872013379     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: 19404344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v14.i5.40     Document Type: Article

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