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New antiasthmatic drugs from traditional medicine?

1991

Several plants are used in traditional medicine for the treatment of bronchial asthma. We are trying to identify the active compound(s) and their mode of action. For the isolation and identification of the active principles, different chromatographic methods, HPLC, MPLC, elementary analysis, UV, mass, <sup>1</sup>H- and <sup>13</sup>C-NMR spectroscopy are used. Whole plant extracts, fractionated extracts and pure compounds are tested in the following pharmacological systems: cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism, bronchial obstruction of guinea pigs after inhalation of allergens, platelet-activating factor (PAF), histamine or acetylch…

Folk medicineIsolation (health care)Traditional medicinebusiness.industryImmunologyHistamine AntagonistsGeneral Medicinerespiratory systemlaw.inventionAlliumActive compoundlawImmunology and AllergyMedicineAnimalsHumansAntiasthmatic drugsMode of actionbusinessPhytotherapyPhytotherapyInternational archives of allergy and applied immunology
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Development of New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine?

1991

Several plants are used in traditional medicine in the treatment of bronchial asthma. We are trying to identify the active compound(s) and their mode of action.

Traditional medicinebusiness.industryfood and beveragesmacromolecular substancesrespiratory systemPharmacologymedicine.diseaserespiratory tract diseasesActive compoundDisodium cromoglycatemedicineAntiasthmatic drugsbusinessBronchial obstructionMode of actionAsthma
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