Gastroprotective activity of Trichosanthes cucumerina in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 750-754

  Arawwawala, L D A M ^a   Thabrew, M I ^b   Arambewela, L S R ^a  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Antihistamine activity; Cucurbitaceae; Gastric acidity; Gastroprotection; Mucus content; Trichosanthes cucumerina

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CIMETIDINE; FLAVANOID; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA PROTECTIVE AGENT; HOT WATER; INDOMETACIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID; SUCRALFATE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRICHOSANTHES CUCUMERINA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH INJURY; STOMACH LESION; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH PH; STOMACH PROTECTION; STOMACH ULCER; TRICHOSANTHES; TRICHOSANTHES CUCUMERINA; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; CIMETIDINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GASTRIC JUICE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MUCUS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOMACH ULCER; SUCRALFATE; TRICHOSANTHES;

CUCURBITACEAE; RATTUS; TRICHOSANTHES CUCUMERINA;

EID: 76149133075     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.11.026     Document Type: Article

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