Advances on the effects of the compounds of a phytotherapy agent (COLIMIL®) on upper gastrointestinal transit in mice;Effetto di estratti titolati di Matricariae recutita, Foeniculum vulgare e Melissa officinalis (COLIMIL®) sul transito gastrointestinale nei topi in vivo

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-290

  Savino, F ^b,c   Capasso, R ^a   Palumeri, E ^b   Tarasco, V ^b   Locatelli, E ^b   Capasso, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chamomile; Citrus; Foeniculum; Gastrointestinal motility; Infant

Indexed keywords

CHAMOMILE; COLIMIL; CROTON OIL; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 46749156869     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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