Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 75-78 , March 2009

The Effect of Carum Copticum Extract on Acetylcholine Induced Contraction in Isolated Rat's Ileum

  • Seyed Hassan Hejazian-Y

      Affiliations

    • Herbal Medicine Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
    • ,
  • Mohammad Hossein Dashti-R

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Physiology, Shahid Sadughi School of Medicine, Booali St. Safaeyah, Yazd 8944157963, Iran
    • ,
  • Seyed Majid Mahdavi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
    • ,
  • Masood Anvar Qureshi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Received 5 August 2008 ,Accepted 13 January 2009.

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PII: S2005-2901(09)60019-4

doi: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60019-4

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 75-78 , March 2009

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