PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION OF AQUEOUS CRUDE EXTRACTS OF ARTEMISIA-VERLOTORUM LAMOTTE (COMPOSITAE)

Authors
MARTINOTTI E CALDERONE V BRESCHI MC BANDINI P CIONI PL
Citation
E. Martinotti et al., PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION OF AQUEOUS CRUDE EXTRACTS OF ARTEMISIA-VERLOTORUM LAMOTTE (COMPOSITAE), PTR. Phytotherapy research, 11(8), 1997, pp. 612-614
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Medicinal","Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
PTR. Phytotherapy research → ACNP
ISSN journal
0951418X
Volume
11
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
612 - 614
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-418X(1997)11:8<612:PAOACE>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The pharmocological study of the responses evoked by a dried aqueous e xtract of Artemisia verlotorum on different guinea-pig and rat isolate d organs in vitro, suggests a possible muscarinic activity as a cause of the antihypertensive activity. The ability of atropine, in ileum pr eparations, and of N-omega-nitro L-arginine methyl ester, in aortic pr eparations, to inhibit the plant effects seems to confirm the muscarin ic nature of the responses. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.