Evaluation of the antidiarrhoeal effect of Sanseviera liberica Gerome & Labroy (Agavaceae) root extract

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-463

  Adeyemi, O O ^a   Akindele, A J ^a   Ogunleye, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antidiarrhoeal activity; Diarrhoea; Enteropooling; Gastric emptying; Intestinal transit; Sanseviera liberica

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; CASTOR OIL; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MORPHINE; NITRIC OXIDE; OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; SANSEVIERA LIBERICA EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SUGAR; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOHIMBINE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INTESTINE FLUID; INTESTINE SECRETION; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; RAT; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH EMPTYING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CASTOR OIL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INTESTINES; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; SANSEVIERIA; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOHIMBINE;

AGAVACEAE; MUS;

EID: 67349248068     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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