Pharmacological basis for the medicinal use of Psidium guajava leave in hyperactive gut disorders

Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-105

  Shah, Abdul Jabbar ^a,b   Begum, Sabira ^c   Hassan, Syed Imran ^c   Ali, Syed Nawazish ^c   Siddiqui, Bina S ^c   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antidiarrheal; Antispasmodic; Calcium antagonist; Psidium guajava

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CASTOR OIL; GUAVA EXTRACT; LOPERAMIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIARRHEA; DRUG MECHANISM; GUAVA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; JEJUNUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPASM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RABBIT;

EID: 84863757669     PISSN: 1991007X     EISSN: 19910088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v6i2.8692     Document Type: Article

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