Antidiarrheal and antispasmodic activities of Vincetoxicum stocksii are mediated through calcium channel blockade

Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-50

  Shah, Abdul Jabbar ^a,b   Zaidi, Mudassar A ^c   Sajjad, Hassan ^a   Hamidullah, ^a   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antidiarhreal; Antispasmodic; Calcium channel blocker; Vincetoxicum stocksii

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; LOPERAMIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; VINCETOXICUM STOCKSII EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTISPASMODIC ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VINCETOXICUM STOCKSII;

EID: 84863751586     PISSN: 1991007X     EISSN: 19910088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v6i1.8403     Document Type: Article

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