The effect of Zataria multiflora and its constituent, carvacrol, on tracheal responsiveness and lung pathology in guinea pig model of COPD

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 730-736

  Gholami Mahtaj, L ^a   Boskabady, M H ^b   Mohamadian Roshan, N ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

carvacrol; COPD; emphysema; guinea pig; tracheal responsiveness; Zataria multiflora

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; CIGARETTE SMOKE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHACHOLINE; PLANT EXTRACT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA EXTRACT; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; SMOKE; TERPENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG MODEL; LUNG; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; TRACHEA; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GUINEA PIG; LAMIACEAE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKE; TOBACCO;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; LAMIACEAE; LUNG; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MONOTERPENES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKE; TOBACCO; TRACHEA;

EID: 84929468931     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5309     Document Type: Article

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