The pharmacological effects of Daikenchuto, a traditional herbal medicine, on delayed gastrointestinal transit in rat postoperative ileus

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-310

  Tokita, Yohei ^a   Yuzurihara, Mitsutoshi ^a   Sakaguchi, Masaru ^a   Satoh, Kazuko ^a   Kase, Yoshio ^a  

^a TSUMURA AND CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytriptamine; Cholinergic; Daikenchuto; Osmotic pressure; Postoperative ileus

Indexed keywords

8 AMINO 7 CHLORO 1,4 BENZODIOXAN 5 CARBOXYLIC ACID 1 BUTYL 4 PIPERIDINYLMETHYL ESTER; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; CHINESE DRUG; DAIKENCHUTO; GINGER EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MALTOSE; MOSAPRIDE CITRATE; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN 4 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZANTHOXYLUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HERBAL MEDICINE; ILEUS; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RAT; ZANTHOXYLUM;

EID: 34548491632     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.FP0070831     Document Type: Article

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