title: Screening method for PAF antagonist substances: on the phenolic compounds from Impatients balsamina L.
abstract: A blood pressure monitoring system was developed for studying antagonist effects against platelet activating factor (PAF), a chemical mediator of anaphylactic hypotension. Using this system, we were able to determine the inhibitory effects of a 35% ethanol extract (IB) from the petals of Impatiens balsamina L. against PAF-induced hypotension and the active principal compounds from IB. One mechanism of the antianaphylactic effects of IB was characterized as PAF-antagonist effects.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien Kyuban-cho, Nishinomiya, 663-8179, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oku
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
mesh_terms: D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010636:Phenols / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D010636:Phenols; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor