Presence of cholinergic and calcium channel blocking activities explains the traditional use of Hibiscus rosasinensis in constipation and diarrhoea

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-294

  Gilani, Anwar H ^a   Bashir, Samra ^a,b   Janbaz, Khalid H ^b   Shah, Abdul Jabbar ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Calcium antagonism; Cholinergic; Constipation; Diarrhoea; Hibiscus rosasinensis; Malvaceae

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HIBISCUS ROSASINENSIS EXTRACT; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM ION; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GUINEA PIG; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS ROSASINENSIS; ILEUM; ISOLATED ORGAN; JEJUNUM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HIBISCUS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; HIBISCUS ROSASINENSIS; MALVACEAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 23044442292     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.07.023     Document Type: Article

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