Antidiarrheal activity, chemical and toxicity profile of Berberis aristata

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-100

  Joshi, Padmaja V ^a   Shirkhedkar, Atul A ^a   Prakash, Krishnan ^b   Maheshwari, Vijay L ^b  

^a R C PATEL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiarrheal; Berberine; Berberis aristata; Oral acute toxicity; Shigella

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BERBERINE; BERBERIS ARISTATA EXTRACT; CASTOR OIL; CHARCOAL; CIPROFLOXACIN; METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BERBERIS; BERBERIS ARISTATA; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SHIGELLA; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; BERBERINE; BERBERIS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; SHIGELLA;

BERBERIDACEAE; BERBERIS ARISTATA; MUS; SHIGELLA;

EID: 78651301408     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2010.500295     Document Type: Article

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