TY - JOUR AU - Carreiro, Juliana da Nóbrega AU - Souza, Iara Leão Luna de AU - Pereira, Joedna Cavalcante AU - Vasconcelos, Luiz Henrique César AU - Travassos, Rafael de Almeida AU - Santos, Barbara Viviana de Oliveira AU - Silva, Bagnólia Araújo da PY - 2017 DA - 2017/12/02 TI - Tocolytic action and underlying mechanism of galetin 3,6-dimethyl ether on rat uterus JO - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine SP - 514 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Galetin 3,6-dimethyl ether (FGAL) is a flavonoid isolated from aerial parts of Piptadenia stipulacea. Previously, FGAL was shown to inhibit both carbachol- and oxytocin-induced phasic contractions in the rat uterus, which was more potent with oxytocin. Thus, in this study, we aimed to investigate the tocolytic action mechanism of FGAL on the rat uterus. SN - 1472-6882 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-017-2007-6 DO - 10.1186/s12906-017-2007-6 ID - Carreiro2017 ER -