Pharmacological basis for the medicinal use of Linum usitatissimum (Flaxseed) in infectious and non-infectious diarrhea

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 160, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-68

  Palla, Amber Hanif ^a   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a   Bashir, Samra ^a   Ur Rehman, Najeeb ^a,b   Iqbal, Junaid ^a   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a,b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antidiarrheal; Antisecretory; Antispasmodic; Bactericidal; Ca++ antagonist; Flaxseed

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOGEN; LINUM USITATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM; CASTOR OIL; POTASSIUM; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CASTOR OIL-INDUCED DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EX VIVO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INTESTINAL SECRETIONS; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE PREPARATION; JEJUNUM; LINSEED; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FLAX; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RABBIT;

BACILLUS CEREUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CALCIUM; CASTOR OIL; DIARRHEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLAX; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; JEJUNUM; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM; RABBITS; SEEDS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 84916611841     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.11.030     Document Type: Article

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