Purgative effect of the methanol extract of Morinda lucida

Fitoterapia

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Olajide, O A ^a   Awe, S O ^a   Makinde, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Morinda lucida; Purgative effect

Indexed keywords

CASTOR OIL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAXATIVE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

ANIMALIA; MORINDA; MORINDA LUCIDA;

EID: 0032893176     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-326X(98)00005-7     Document Type: Article

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