TY - JOUR
T1 - Antidiarrhoeal activity of Waltheria americana, Commelina coelestis and Alternanthera repens
AU - Zavala, M. A.
AU - Pérez, S.
AU - Pérez, C.
AU - Vargas, R.
AU - Pérez, R. M.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to acknowledge the financial support of CONACYT (project F-584), and to MS Aurora Chimal H. for the authentication of the plants used in this work.
PY - 1998/5
Y1 - 1998/5
N2 - The antidiarrhoeal activity of the hexane, chloroform, methanol and aqueous extracts of Waltheria americana, Commelina coelestis and Alternathera repens, was tested on mice with diarrhoea induced by castor oil and MgSO4. The methanol extract of C. coelestis and A. repens and aqueous extract of A. repens, presented antidiarrhoeal effect, monitored by number of liquid feces defecated and intestinal transit of a suspension of graphite with castor oil in Wistar rats.
AB - The antidiarrhoeal activity of the hexane, chloroform, methanol and aqueous extracts of Waltheria americana, Commelina coelestis and Alternathera repens, was tested on mice with diarrhoea induced by castor oil and MgSO4. The methanol extract of C. coelestis and A. repens and aqueous extract of A. repens, presented antidiarrhoeal effect, monitored by number of liquid feces defecated and intestinal transit of a suspension of graphite with castor oil in Wistar rats.
KW - Alternanthera repens
KW - Antidiarrhoeal activity
KW - Commelina coelestis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032078727&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00014-2
DO - 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00014-2
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0378-8741
VL - 61
SP - 41
EP - 47
JO - Journal of Ethnopharmacology
JF - Journal of Ethnopharmacology
IS - 1
ER -