Pharmacological studies of anti-diarrhoeal activity of Guettarda speciosa (L.) in experimental animals

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 61-66

  Gandhimathi, R ^a   Saravana Kumar, A ^a   Senthil Kumar, K K ^b   Kumar, Kusuma Praveen ^c   Uma Maheswari, J ^d  

^a Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College   (India)

^b St Peter's Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

^c ST PETER'S INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d SRR College of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiarrhoeal activity; Castor oil induced diarrhoea; Enteropooling method; Guettarda speciosa; Small intestinal transit; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; CASTOR OIL; DIPHENOXYLATE; GUETTARDA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARK; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GUETTARDA SPECIOSA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 77953424623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09751459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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