Antispasmodic and antidiarrheal activities of valeriana hardwickii wall. Rhizome are putatively mediated through calcium channel blockade

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gilani, Anwar H ^a   Bashir, Samra ^a,b   Memon, Raafia ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CASTOR OIL; LOPERAMIDE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIANA HARDWICKII EXTRACT; VERAPAMIL;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; JEJUNUM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOME; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; VALERIANA; VALERIANA HARDWICKII;

EID: 79955094600     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/304960     Document Type: Article

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