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Smooth muscle relaxing flavonoids from Alchornea cordifolia
F O Ogungbamila1, G Samuelsson
1Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Acta Pharmaceutica Nordica
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Alchornea cordifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) Muell. Arg. (Euphobiaceae) is widely distributed throughout tropical Africa, where it is used extensively in traditional medicine. Conditions for which the plant has enjoyed wide use are: coughs, gonorrhoea, yaws, ulcer, rheumatic pains, fever and bronchial troubles. This paper reports isolation of smooth muscle relaxing flavonoids from the leaves of the plant.