Pharmacological basis for the medicinal use of rhus coriaria in hyperactive gut disorders

Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 636-644

  Janbaz, Khalid Hussain ^b   Shabbir, Arham ^a,b,c   Mehmood, Malik Hassan ^a   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^a,d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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

^d MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antidiarrheal; Antisecretory; Antispasmodic; Ca++ antagonist; Rhus coriaria

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; LOPERAMIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM ION; RHUS CORIARIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTISECRETORY ACTIVITY; ANTISPASMODIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; JEJUNUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; POISON IVY; RHUS CORIARIA; STOMACH SPASM;

EID: 84916910942     PISSN: 1991007X     EISSN: 19910088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v9i4.20879     Document Type: Article

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