Journal article
Antitussive, expectorant and anti-inflammatory alkaloids from Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae
Abstract
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the antitussive, expectorant and anti-inflammatory effects of alkaloids imperialine (I), chuanbeinone (II), verticinone (III), and verticine (IV), which were isolated from the Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae (BFC) using phytochemical method. The results showed that all the alkaloids significantly inhibited cough frequency and increased latent period of cough in mice induced by ammonia. Besides, …
Authors
Wang D; Zhu J; Wang S; Wang X; Ou Y; Wei D; Li X
Journal
Fitoterapia, Vol. 82, No. 8, pp. 1290–1294
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.fitote.2011.09.006
ISSN
0367-326X