<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Articles><Article><id>88</id><JournalTitle>THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS: A REVIEW OF PLANTS AFFECTED SMOOTH MUSCLES FUNCTIONS (PART 1)</JournalTitle><Abstract>Many medicinal plants affected the function of smooth muscles. These included Allium cepa, Allium sativum, Ammi
visnaga, Andrachneaspera, Anthemisnobelis, Arundodonax, Asparagus officinalis,Asphodelusfistulosus, Bacopa monnieri,
Calotropisprocera, Capparis spinosa, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Carumcarvi, Cassia occidentalis, Casuarinaequisetifolia and
Chenopodium album. This review will discuss the medicinal plants affected smooth muscles functions</Abstract><Email>aboahmad61@yahoo.com</Email><articletype>Review</articletype><volume>5</volume><issue>2</issue><year>2015</year><keyword>Smooth muscle,Relaxation,Contraction,Medicinal plants,Pharmacology</keyword><AUTHORS>Ali Esmail Al-Snafi</AUTHORS><afflication>Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Thiqar University, Nasiriyah, Iraq.</afflication></Article></Articles>