Antidiarrhoeal activity of some Egyptian medicinal plant extracts

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 303-309

  Atta, Attia H ^a   Mouneir, Samar M ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alhagi maurorum; Antidiarrhoeal; Convolvulus arvensis; Conyza dioscoridis; Conyza linifolia; Mentha microphylla; Zygophyllum album

Indexed keywords

ALHAGI MAURORUM EXTRACT; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS EXTRACT; CONYZA DIOSCORIDIS EXTRACT; CONYZA LINIFOLIA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; MENTHA MICROPHYLLA EXTRACT; METHANOL; NICOTINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYGOPHYLLUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ALHAGI MAURORUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS; CONYZA DIOSCORIDIS; CONYZA LINIFOLIA; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; DUODENUM; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GANGLION BLOCK; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA MICROPHYLLA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RABBIT; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ZYGOPHYLLUM ALBUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CASTOR OIL; DIARRHEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DUODENUM; EGYPT; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RABBITS; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2342496720     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.03.017     Document Type: Article

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