Anti-diarrhoeal activity of Blighia sapida (Sapindaceae) in rats and mice

Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 117-125

  Antwi, S ^a   Martey, O N K ^a   Donkor, K ^a   Okine, Laud K Nii Ayitey ^a  

^a Centre for Scientific Reasearch into Plant Medicine   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Atropine; Castor oil; Enteropooling; Intestinal motility; Loperamide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALCOHOL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; ATROPINE; BLIGHIA SAPIDA EXTRACT; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CASTOR OIL; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; GUM TRAGACANTH; LOPERAMIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYAMIDE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BARK; BLIGHIA SAPIDA; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SCREENING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PYLORUS; RAT; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 68049089613     PISSN: 1816496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jpt.2009.117.125     Document Type: Article

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