Stability of cough linctus (Streptol) formulated from named medicinal plant extracts

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-232

  Iwu, Maurice ^a   Okunji, Christopher ^a   Tchimene, Michel ^a   Anele, Ngozi ^a   Chah, Kennedy ^b   Osonwa, Uduma ^b   Akpa, Paul Achile ^b   Onunkwo, Godswill Chukwunweike ^b  

^a International Centre for Ethno Medicine and Drug Discovery (InterCEDD)   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Content uniformity; PH; Shelf life; Specific gravity; Streptol

Indexed keywords

AFRAMONUM MELEQUETA EXTRACT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; FLAVONOID; GARCINIA KOLA EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GLYCEROL; OCIMUM VIRIDE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOL COUGH LINCTUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRAMONUM MELEQUETA; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GARCINIA KOLA; GINGER; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM VIRIDE; PH; RELATIVE DENSITY; SHELF LIFE; SYRUP; VISCOSITY;

ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; FLAVONOIDS; GLYCEROL; HALF-LIFE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SORBITOL; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 62549120346     PISSN: 00092363     EISSN: 13475223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/cpb.57.229     Document Type: Article

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