Effects of the herbal formulation ColiMil® on upper gastrointestinal transit in mice in vivo

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 999-1101

  Capasso, Raffaele ^a   Savino, Francesco ^b   Capasso, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foeniculum vulgare; Intestinal motility; Matricaria recutita; Melissa officinalis

Indexed keywords

COLIMIL; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LOPERAMIDE; MATRICARIA RECUTITA EXTRACT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MATRICARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

FOENICULUM VULGARE; MATRICARIA RECUTITA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MUS;

EID: 35348871859     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2192     Document Type: Article

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