Effect of ethanol extract of dried Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas) flour containing dioscin on gastrointestinal function in rat model

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 348-353

  Jeong, Ryae Jeon ^a   Ji, Seon Lee ^b   Chu, Hee Lee ^a   Jong, Yeon Kim ^a   Soon, Dong Kim ^c   Doo, Hyun Nam ^b  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^c Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chinese yam; Dioscoreae rhizoma; Gastric function; Gastrointestinal motility; Intestinal bacteria

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIOSCIN; DIOSGENIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH FOOD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RAT; RHIZOME; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STOMACH ACID; TIME; YAM;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL; DIOSCOREA; DIOSGENIN; FECES; GASTRIC ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH FOOD; LIPIDS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744909581     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 02536269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02968583     Document Type: Article

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