Evaluation of five medicinal plants used in diarrhoea treatment in Nigeria

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 27-30

  Agunu, Abdulkarim ^a   Yusuf, Sadiq ^a   Andrew, Gabriel Onyiloyi ^a   Zezi, Abdulkadir Umar ^a   Abdurahman, Ezzeldin Mukhtar ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antidiarrhoeal; Castor oil; Medicinal plants; Methanol extracts; Tissue relaxation

Indexed keywords

ACACIA NILOTICA EXTRACT; ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM EXTRACT; CASTOR OIL; GMELINA ARBOREA EXTRACT; LOPERAMIDE; METHANOL; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEX DONIANA EXTRACT;

ACACIA; ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; GMELINA ARBOREA; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; JEJUNUM; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; RABBIT; VITEX DONIANA;

ACACIA; ANIMALS; DIARRHEA; JEJUNUM; MALE; MICE; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RABBITS; VITEX;

ACACIA NILOTICA; GMELINA ARBOREA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; VITEX DONIANA;

EID: 24644432106     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.03.025     Document Type: Article

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