A review of the relaxant effect of various medicinal plants on tracheal smooth muscle, their possible mechanism(s) and potency

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 175, Issue , 2015, Pages 528-548

  Shakeri, Farzaneh ^a   Boskabady, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Medicinal plants; Possible mechanisms; Relaxant effects; Smooth muscle; Toxicological effects; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CARBACHOL; CARVACROL; EPHEDRINE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; ISOPRENALINE; METHACHOLINE; METHYLEPHEDRINE; METHYLXANTHINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPRANOLOL; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; THEOPHYLLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA WILHELMSII; AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; ANISE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ASAFOETIDA; ASTERACEAE; BACOPA MONNIERI; BASIL; BLACK CUMIN; BRONCHODILATATION; BUNIUM PERSICUM; BUXACEAE; CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CARUM; CARUM COPTICUM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROCUS SATIVUS; CUMIN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; EPHEDRA SINICA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FENNEL; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HYDRASTIS; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; LIMONIA ACIDISSIMA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDLINE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PORTULACA OLERACEA; REVIEW; ROSA DAMASCENA; ROSEMARY; RUTACEAE; SARCOCOCCA SALIGNA; SATUREJA HORTENSIS; SCIENCEDIRECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; THYME; TOXICOLOGY; TRACHEA MUSCLE; WEB OF SCIENCE; ZATARIA; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TOXICITY; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TRACHEA;

EID: 84993972141     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.10.017     Document Type: Review

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