Antidiarrhoeal activity of Sri Lankan Dust grade Black Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) in mice

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 115-121

  Ratnasooriya, W D ^a   Fernando, T S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Antidiarrhoea; Black tea; Camellia sinensis; Diarrhoea; Sri Lankan tea

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; CASTOR OIL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LOPERAMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; BLACK TEA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE FLUID; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE; TEA; THEA NIGRA; CHINESE; DRUG MEGADOSE; JAPANESE; LOW DRUG DOSE; SRI LANKA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 74049116241     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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