Antidiarrhoeal and antimicrobial activity of Calpurnia aurea leaf extract

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Umer, Shemsu ^a   Tekewe, Alemu ^a   Kebede, Nigatu ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antidiarrhoeal; Antimicrobial; Calpurnia aurea leaf extract; Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; CALPURNIA AUREA EXTRACT; CASTOR OIL; FLAVONOID; LOPERAMIDE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AGAR DIFFUSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALPURNIA AUREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; BACTERIA; CASTOR OIL; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FABACEAE; FECES; FEMALE; LOPERAMIDE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84872777451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-21     Document Type: Article

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