Laxative effect of ispaghula: Physical or chemical effect?

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Gilani, Anwar Ul Hassan ^a   Aziz, Nauman ^a   Khan, M A ^a   Khan, Saba ^a   Zaman, Viqar ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Guinea pig ileum; Ispaghula; Laxative; Plantago ovata

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; HISTAMINE; ISPAGULA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY;

PLANTAGO OVATA;

EID: 0031682093     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(1998)12:1+3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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