Studies on anti-diarrheal activity of calotropis gigantea R. Br. in experimental animals

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-75

  Chitme, Havagiray R ^a   Chandra, Ramesh ^a   Kaushik, Sadhna ^b  

^a BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MLB Medical College Jhansi   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ATROPINE; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA EXTRACT; CASTOR OIL; CHARCOAL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIADACEAE; CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FECES COMPOSITION; INDIAN; INTESTINE FLUID; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; NONHUMAN; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CALOTROPIS; CASTOR OIL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS;

EID: 3042669270     PISSN: 14821826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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