The role of constitutive and inducible nitric oxide synthase in senna- and cascara-induced diarrhoea in the rat

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 323, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-97

  Izzo, Angelo A ^a   Sautebin, Lidia ^a   Rombolà, Laura ^a   Capasso, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthraquinone; Glucocorticoid; Intestinal secretion; Laxative; Natural drug; Nitric oxide (NO)

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE; CASCARA; DEXAMETHASONE; LAXATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLON; DIARRHEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTESTINE SECRETION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENNA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CASCARA; CATHARTICS; COLON; DEXAMETHASONE; DIARRHEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INDUCTION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; ISOENZYMES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENNA EXTRACT; WATER;

EID: 0030909048     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(97)00023-X     Document Type: Article

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