Antidiarrheal activity of flowers of Ixora Coccinea Linn. in rats

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 287-291

  Maniyar, Yasmeen ^a   Bhixavatimath, Prabhu ^a   Agashikar, N V ^b  

^a HSK Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiarrheal activity; Castor oil induced diarrhea; enteropooling method; Ixora coccinea linn; Small intestinal transit; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; CASTOR OIL; CHARCOAL; IXORA COCCINEA EXTRACT; LOPERAMIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; FLOWER; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INTESTINE FLUID; IXORA COCCINEA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 79952964450     PISSN: 09759476     EISSN: 09762809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.74422     Document Type: Article

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