Gastrointestinal transit in mice treated with various extracts of date (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-39

  Al Qarawi, A A ^a   Ali, B H ^a,b   Al Mougy, S A ^a   Mousa, H M ^a  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Date pits; Dates; Gastrointestinal transit; Mice

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHARCOAL; CLONIDINE; DATE EXTRACT; GUM ARABIC; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; YOHIMBINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATE (FRUIT); DIALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SMALL INTESTINE; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; CHARCOAL; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; YOHIMBINE;

ACACIA SENEGAL; ANIMALIA; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 0037210335     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00203-X     Document Type: Article

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