The effect of hydro-ethanolic extract of Achillea millefolium on muscarinic receptors of guinea pig tracheal smooth muscle

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-17

  Feizpour, Azadeh ^a   Boskabady, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Byrami, Goltaj ^a   Golamnezhad, Zahra ^a   Shafei, Mohammad Naser ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium; guinea pig; hydroalcoholic extract; muscarinic receptors; trachea

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; ATROPINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; METHACHOLINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; GUINEA PIG; HYDROALCOHOLIC EXTRACT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTORS; TRACHEA;

ACHILLEA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PLANT EXTRACTS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; TRACHEA;

EID: 84874829585     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.106428     Document Type: Article

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