Effects of curcumin on the intestinal motility of albino rats

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-288

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Purwar, Brijesh ^a   Shrivastava, Abha ^a   Pandey, Shashi ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Curcum in intestinal motility

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; CURCUMIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; CURCUMIN; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 78149431004     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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