A selection of essential oils obtained by steam distillation from scented-leaf Pelargonium species, hybrids and cultivars were assessed for their method of spasmolytic activity in vitro using an isolated smooth muscle preparation. Their mechanism of action was postsynaptic and not atropine-like. The
Studies on the mode of action of cholesterol oxidase on insect midgut membranes
โ Scribed by Zhen Shen; David R. Corbin; John T. Greenplate; Robert J. Grebenok; David W. Galbraith; John P. Purcell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 107 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0739-4462
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