Assessment of antidiarrhoeal activity of Desmostachya bipinnata L. (Poaceae) root extracts;Evaluación de la actividad de antidiarreica de extractos de la raíz de Desmostachya bipinnata L. (Poaceae)

Boletin Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromaticas

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 312-318

  Hegde, Medha M ^a   Lakshman, K ^a   Girija, K ^a   Kumar, BS Ashok ^b   Lakshmiprasanna, V ^a  

^a PES COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b Sri KV College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Castor oil; Charcoal meal; Desmostachya bipinnata Antidiarrhoeal activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; CARBOHYDRATE; DESMOSTACHYA BIPINNATA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; LOPERAMIDE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSTACHYA BIPINNATA; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE;

DESMOSTACHYA BIPINNATA; POACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 79951504493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07177917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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