Gastrointestinal stimulatory and uterotonic activities of dietary radish leaves extract are mediated through multiple pathways

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 750-755

  Ghayur, Muhammad Nabeel ^a   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Histaminergic; Laxative; Muscarinic; Raphanus sativus; Species dependent; Uterotonic

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE; ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; COUMARIN; FLAVONOID; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; MEPYRAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; RAPHANUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; SAPONIN; STEROL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; INHIBITION KINETICS; JEJUNUM; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PLANT LEAF; RADISH; RAT; STOMACH; TOXICITY TESTING; UTERUS; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RABBITS; RAPHANUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STOMACH; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 26244438370     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1753     Document Type: Article

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