Species differences in the antidiarrheal and antispasmodic activities of lepidium sativum and insight into underlying mechanisms

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1086-1094

  Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a,c   Rehman, Najeeb Ur ^a,b   Mehmood, Malik Hassan ^a   Alkharfy, Khalid M ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

antidiarrheal; antispasmodic; Lepidium sativum; rats; species differences

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CARBACHOL; CASTOR OIL; DICYCLOVERINE; ISOPRENALINE; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; LOPERAMIDE; PAPAVERINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTISPASMODIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; ILEUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; JEJUNUM; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; RABBIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTIDIARRHEAL; ANTISPASMODIC; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; RATS; SPECIES DIFFERENCES;

ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CALCIUM; CARBACHOL; CASTOR OIL; CATHARTICS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CAVIA; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84879901206     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4819     Document Type: Article

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