Effects of volatile oil of teurcium polium[Al-Ja'adeh] on vascular smooth muscle

ABSTRACT

The effects of the volatile oil of Teucrium polium on the isometric contraction of the vascular smooth muscles of rabbits and guinea pigs was determined in vitro using aortic ring preparations. The volatile oil of Al-Ja'adeh [VOJ] did not inhibit the contraction of the vascular smooth muscle induced by norepinephrine [NE]