Use of natural products in gastrointestinal therapies

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 604-611

  Brierley, Stuart M ^a,b   Kelber, Olaf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; BISANDROGRAPHOLIDE; CAPSAICIN; CAPTOPRIL; CARVACROL; CHINESE DRUG; CINEOLE; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CITRAL; CURCUMIN; EPTIFIBATIDE; EUGENOL; EXENDIN 4; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GINGEROL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERFORIN; IBEROGAST; MENTHOL; NATURAL PRODUCT; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; PEPPERMINT OIL; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RESINIFERATOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANILLIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR; VENOM;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; FLOWER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRRITABLE COLON; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 82255192489     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: 14714973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2011.09.007     Document Type: Review

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