Antidiarrhoeal and intestinal modulatory activities of Wei-Chang-An-Wan extract

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 450-455

  Hu, Jing ^a   Gao, Wen Yuan ^a   Ling, Ning Sheng ^b   Liu, Chang Xiao ^c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceuticals   (China)

^c TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Gastrointestinal transit; Rabbit jejunum; Toxicity; Wei Chang An Wan

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALOE EMODIN; AQUILARIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; AUCKLANDIA LAPPA EXTRACT; AURANTIIN; CASTOR OIL; CHINESE DRUG; CHRYSOPHANIC ACID; CITRUS AURANTIUM EXTRACT; CROTON TIGLIUM EXTRACT; EMODIN; HESPERIDIN; HONOKIOL; LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG EXTRACT; LOPERAMIDE; MAGNOLIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; MAGNOLOL; MUSK; NEOHESPERIDIN; NEOSTIGMINE; PHYSCION; PLANT EXTRACT; RHEIN; RHEUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; SANTALUM ALBUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WEI CHANG AN WAN; ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUILARIA SINENSIS; ARTICLE; AUCKLANDIA LAPPA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON; DEER; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GROOMING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; JEJUNUM; JUJUBE; LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG; MAGNOLIACEAE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RHUBARB; SANTALACEAE; SOUR ORANGE; TONIC IMMOBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CASTOR OIL; CATHARTICS; DIARRHEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INTESTINES; JEJUNUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 70049085446     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.07.027     Document Type: Article

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