Antidiarrheal activity of Laurus nobilis L. leaf extract in rats

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-57

  Qnais, Esam Y ^a   Abdulla, Fuad A ^b   Kaddumi, Eziden G ^a   Abdalla, Shtaywy S ^c  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

antidiarrheal effect; castor oil induced diarrhea; charcoal meal; enteropooling; intestinal motility; Laurus nobilis

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; DIPHENOXYLATE; FLAVANOID; LAURUS NOBILIS LEAF EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; ILEUM; INTESTINE MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CASTOR OIL; CHARCOAL; DIARRHEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; ILIUM; LAURUS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; TANNINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

LAURACEAE; LAURUS NOBILIS; RATTUS;

EID: 84855514616     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2011.1707     Document Type: Article

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