Pharmacological basis for the medicinal use of Holarrhena antidysenterica in gut motility disorders

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1240-1246

  Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a,e   Khan, Aslam ^a,b   Khan, Arif Ullah ^a,c   Bashir, Samra ^a,d   Rehman, Najeeb Ur ^a   Mandukhail, Saf Ur Rehman ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^d BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ca ++ antagonist; Constipation; Diarrhea; Histaminergic; Holarrhena antidysenterica; Spasmogenic; Spasmolytic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DIGESTIVE TRACT SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; FLAVONOID; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HOLARRHENA; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GUINEA PIGS; HOLARRHENA; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; MALE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; SEEDS;

APOCYNACEAE; CAVIA; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 78049480495     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880201003727960     Document Type: Article

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