A mixture of chamomile and star anise has anti-motility and antidiarrheal activities in mice

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 419-424

  Díaz, Alfonso ^a   Vargas Perez, Izel ^a   Aguilar Cruz, Lidia ^a   Calva Rodríguez, Roberto ^a   Treviño, Samuel ^a   Venegas, Berenice ^a   Contreras Mora, Irma Rosalía ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antidiarrheal; Castor oil; Chamomile; Intestinal motility; Star anise

Indexed keywords

CHAMOMILE; ILLICIUM VERUM EXTRACT; LOPERAMIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84908084386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1981528X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjp.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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