ANTISPASMODIC EFFECTS OF YARROW (ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM L.) EXTRACT IN THE ISOLATED ILEUM OF RAT

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 499-503

  Moradi, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Rafieian Koupaei, Mahmoud ^a   Imani Rastabi, Reza ^a   Nasiri, Jafar ^a   Shahrani, Mehrdad ^a,b   Rabiei, Zahra ^a   Alibabaei, Zahra ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium; contraction and relaxation; ileum; L NAME; propranolol; rats; smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPRANOLOL;

ACHILLEA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONTRACTION AND RELAXATION; DRUG EFFECT; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; ILEUM; IN VITRO STUDY; L-NAME; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; WISTAR RAT;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; CONTRACTION AND RELAXATION; ILEUM; L-NAME; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACHILLEA; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; ILEUM; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84906844208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25050044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v10i6.19     Document Type: Article

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