Antidiarrhoeal activity of Argyreia speciosa flower: An ethnopharmacological study

Acta Pharmaceutica Turcica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-159

  Rao, Ch V ^a   Ojha, S K ^a   Reddy, G D ^a   Rawat, A K S ^a   Rao, G M M ^a   Pushpangadan, P ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Argyreia speciosa Sweet; Diarrhoea; Flowers

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ARGYREIA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; CASTOR OIL; FORMIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARGYREIA SPECIOSA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVOLVULACEAE; DENSITOMETRY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; FLOWER; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTESTINE FLUID; NONHUMAN; RAT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 4644242494     PISSN: 1300638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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