Pharmacological basis for the use of the antivenene water soluble extract of Diodia scandens as a laxative, oxytocic agent and a possible aphrodisiac in traditional medicine practice in Eastern Nigeria

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 459-463

  Onuaguluchi, G ^a   Nwafor, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antivenene ethanol extract; Diodia scandens; Laxative; Oxytocic activity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; APHRODISIAC AGENT; DIODIA SCANDENS EXTRACT; ERGOMETRINE; LAXATIVE; MUSCARINIC AGENT; OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAT; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAS DEFERENS; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; APHRODISIACS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHARTICS; CATS; EPINEPHRINE; ERGONOVINE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NIGERIA; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RESPIRATION; UTERINE CONTRACTION; VAS DEFERENS; VASODILATION; WATER;

EID: 0032878363     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199909)13:6<459::AID-PTR468>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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