Gastrointestinal stimulant effect of Urginea indica Kunth. and involvement of muscarinic receptors

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 704-708

  Abbas, Saima ^a   Bashir, Samra ^a,b   Khan, Aslam ^b   Mehmood, Malik Hassan ^b   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^b  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

cholinergic; guinea pig ileum; gut stimulant; mice; rabbit jejunum; Urginea indica

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ATROPINE; CALCIUM; CARBACHOL; CHARCOAL; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; INTESTINE CONTRACTION STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URGINEA INDICA EXTRACT; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FECAL OUTPUT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GUINEA PIG; HYACINTHACEAE; ILEUM CONTRACTION; INTESTINE PARAMETERS; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; JEJUNUM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT BULB; RABBIT; URGINEA INDICA;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CONSTIPATION; COUMARINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; LAXATIVES; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; TANNINS; URGINEA;

CAVIA; LILIACEAE; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; URGINEA;

EID: 84859899593     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3634     Document Type: Article

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