Effects of long-term administration of Senna occidentalis seeds in the large bowel of rats

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 199, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 733-737

  Nadal, Sidney Roberto ^a   Calore, Edenilson Eduardo ^a,b,c   Manzione, Carmen Ruth ^a   Puga, Flavio Rodrigues ^d   Perez, Nilda Maria ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c University Medicine School   (Brazil)

^d Biological Institute   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cathartics; Chronic constipation; Cytochrome oxidase; Oxidative metabolism; Senna occidentalis; Succinic dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LAXATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SENNA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; COLON DILATATION; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ENERGY YIELD; ENZYME INHIBITION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OXIDATION; PLANT SEED; RAT; SENNA; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TIME;

SENNA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0347513374     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00489     Document Type: Article

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