Cathartic effect of the leaf extract of Vernonia amygdalina

Fitoterapia

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-165

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Contractile effect; Gastric emptying; Intestinal motility; Vernonia amygdalina

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; HERBAL MEDICINE; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ANIMALIA; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

EID: 0033028379     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-326X(99)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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