Antidiarrhoeal activity of hot water extract of black tea (Camellia sinensis)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 380-384

  Besra, S E ^a   Gomes, A ^a   Ganguly, D K ^a   Vedasiromoni, J R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiarrhoeal activity; Black tea extract; Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze; Diarrhoea; Rodents

Indexed keywords

BLACK TEA EXTRACT; CASTOR OIL; HOT WATER; LOPERAMIDE; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TEA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CASTOR OIL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; LOPERAMIDE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NALOXONE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; RODENTIA; THEACEAE;

EID: 0037545830     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1171     Document Type: Article

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