The effect of Aloe ferox Mill. In the treatment of loperamide-induced constipation in Wistar rats

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wintola, Olubunmi A ^a   Sunmonu, Taofik O ^a   Afolayan, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOE FEROX EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAXATIVE; LOPERAMIDE; SENOKOT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT; SENNA EXTRACT;

ALOE; ALOE FEROX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISTAR RAT;

ALOE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATHARTICS; CONSTIPATION; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; LOPERAMIDE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENNA EXTRACT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955679900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-10-95     Document Type: Article

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