Studies on the antidiarrhoeal activity of Aegle marmelos unripe fruit: Validating its traditional usage

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Brijesh, S ^a   Daswani, Poonam ^a   Tetali, Pundarikakshudu ^b   Antia, Noshir ^a,c   Birdi, Tannaz ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research   (India)

^c Foundation for Research in Community Health India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEGLE MARMELOS DECOCTION; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI HEAT LABILE TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI HEAT STABLE TOXIN; GANGLIOSIDE MONOSIALIC ACID RECEPTOR; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

AEGLE MARMELOS; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTIGIARDIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRUIT; GIARDIA; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RETROVIRUS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SPECIES INVASION; SUCKLING; THERAPY EFFECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VIRUS VIABILITY; AEGLE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAPLORHINI; METABOLISM; ROTAVIRUS;

AEGLE; ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE; CHOLERA TOXIN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; GIARDIA; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; ROTAVIRUS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 71949118165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-9-47     Document Type: Article

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