Comparison of antispasmodic effects of Dracocephalum kotschyi essential oil, limonene and α-terpineol

Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 109-116

  Sadraei, H ^a   Asghari, G ^a   Kasiri, F ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dracocephalum kotschyi; Essential oil; Ileum; Limonene; terpineol

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA CITRAL; GERANIOL; LIMONENE; NERAL; PINENE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTISPASMODIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRACOCEPHALUM KOTSCHYI; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG RESEARCH; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYDRODISTILLATION; IC50; ILEUM CONTRACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 84936777921     PISSN: 17355362     EISSN: 17359414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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