Pharmacological basis for the folkloric uses of Buxus wallichiana in gastrointestinal, respiratory and vascular disorders

Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 260-266

  Hussain, Musaddique ^a,b   Raza, Shahid Masood ^b   Janbaz, Khalid Hussain ^a  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FAISALABAD   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anti cholinergic; Bronchodilator; Ca+2 channel blockade; Spasmogenic; Vasodilator

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUXUS WALLICHIANA EXTRACT; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BUXUS; BUXUS WALLICHIANA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EC50; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPASMOGENIC EFFECT; SPASMOLYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84927589336     PISSN: 1991007X     EISSN: 19910088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v10i2.22285     Document Type: Article

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