Antidiarrhoeal activity of the methanol extract of the barks of Xylocarpus moluccensis in castor oil- and magnesium sulphate-induced diarrhoea models in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 139-143

  Uddin, S J ^a   Shilpi, J A ^a   Alam, S M S ^a   Alamgir, M ^a   Rahman, M T ^b   Sarker, S D ^c  

^a KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidiarrhoeal; Antimicrobial activity; Castor oil induced diarrhoea; Intestinal transit; Magnesium sulphate induced diarrhoea; Xylocarpus moluccensis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CASTOR OIL; CHLOROFORM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHANOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOCARPUS MOLUCCENSIS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; XYLOCARPUS MOLUCCENSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CASTOR OIL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MALE; MELIACEAE; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; XYLOCARPUS MOLUCCENSIS;

EID: 24644478691     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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