Prokinetic effect of a standardized yarrow (Achillea millefolium) extract and its constituent choline: Studies in the mouse and human stomach

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Borrelli, F ^a   Romano, B ^a   Fasolino, I ^a   Taglialatela Scafati, O ^a   Aprea, G ^a   Capasso, R ^a   Capasso, F ^a   Coppola Bottazzi, E ^a   Izzo, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Choline; Cisplatin induced gastric abnormalities; Functional dyspepsia; Herbal medicine; Muscarinic receptors; Prokinetic drugs; Stomach; Yarrow

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; APIGENIN; ATROPINE; CHOLINE; CISPLATIN; HEXAMETHONIUM; PROKINETIC AGENT; RUTOSIDE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACHILLEA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DYSPEPSIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH MOTILITY;

EID: 84855925337     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01827.x     Document Type: Article

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