Antidiarrheal and antispasmodic activities of vitex negundoare mediated through calcium channel blockade

Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 317-322

  Khan, Munasib ^a,b   Shah, Abdul Jabbar ^a,c   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a,d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

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

^d MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ca++ antagonist; Diarrhea; Gut spasm; Loperamide; Vitex negundo

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CASTOR OIL; DILTIAZEM; LOPERAMIDE; VITEX NEGUNDO EXTRACT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTISPASMODIC ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM ANTAGONISM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKADE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; JEJUNUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 84880124314     PISSN: 1991007X     EISSN: 19910088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v8i3.15296     Document Type: Article

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