[The sedative effect of the Kneipp hay sack and balneological preparations of hay (author's transl)].

Authors :: Fröhlich HH
Müller-Limmroth W
Source :: MMW, Munchener medizinische Wochenschrift [MMW Munch Med Wochenschr] 1976 Mar 12; Vol. 118 (11), pp. 317-20.
Publication Year :: 1976
Abstract: A chromatographic analysis of the hay charge used for balneological and thermotherapy which contains coumarin, the hydroxycoumarins umbelliferone and esculin and also the furanocoumarin imperatorin. The sedative effect of the hay can be explained by the coumarin and the imperatorin; the absorption site is to be found in the respiratory tract.

Subjects :: Chemical Phenomena
Chemistry
Chromatography, Thin Layer
Coumarins analysis
Esculin analysis
Hot Temperature therapeutic use
Plant Extracts analysis
Hypnotics and Sedatives analysis
Magnoliopsida analysis
Phytotherapy
Poaceae analysis

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