Effect ofAframomum melegueta. Seed Extract on Castor Oil–Induced Diarrhea
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Effect of Aframomum melegueta. Seed Extract on Castor Oil-Induced Diarrhea.
The effect of the aqueous (aq) seed extract of Aframomum melegueta. K. Schum. (Zingiberaceae) on castor oil-induced diarrhea, intestinal fluid secretion, and gastrointestinal transit was investigated in the study. Castor oil (10 ml/kg, p.o.) induced copious diarrhea in all rats 3 h after treatment. Furthermore, it produced a significant increase in the volume of intestinal fluid secretion in ra...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmaceutical Biology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1388-0209,1744-5116
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590951748