Anti-diarrhoeal activity of the aqueous extract of Mezoneuron benthamianum Baill (Caesalpiniaceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-20

  Mbagwu, H O C ^a,b   Adeyemi, O O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anti diarrhoeal activity; Aqueous; Intestinal transit; Mezoneuron benthamianum

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CASTOR OIL; FLAVONOID; MEZONEURON BENTHAMIANUM EXTRACT; MORPHINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; INTESTINE FLUID; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MEZONEURON BENTHAMIANUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CAESALPINIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INTESTINES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; MEZONEURON; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 38649088236     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.10.037     Document Type: Article

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