Effect of aqueous extract of Anacardium occidentale (L) stem bark on sodium and chloride transport in the rabbit colon

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 493-497

  Yusuf, Sadiq ^a   Aliyu, Mohammed ^b   Ndanusa, Ramatu ^b  

^a KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anacardium occidentale; Chloride ion; Colon; Diarrhea; Rabbit; Sodium ion

Indexed keywords

ANACARDIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARK; CASHEW NUT; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; RABBIT; SODIUM ABSORPTION; SODIUM TRANSPORT; WATER ABSORPTION;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 73449123350     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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