Effect of Hydro-Alcoholic Extract of Teucrium Polium on Castor Oil-Induced Diarrhea in Male Rat

AuthorMohammad Allahtavakolien
AuthorRezwan Moradien
AuthorSakineh Shamsien
AuthorKianoosh Afsharmaneshen
Issued Date2013-06-30en
AbstractBackground : Diarrhea is one of the world's health problems as the most common causes of death in children. In this study, the effect of Teucrium Polium (TP) extract on diarrhea induced by castor oil has been studied.Materials and Methods : 30 male rats were divided into five equal groups containing extract with doses of 100, 200 and 600 mg/kg diphenoxylate (5 mg/kg) and control group or vehicle (normal saline) groups. One hour after feeding the drugs or vehicle in the volume of 10 ml/kg, 2 ml of castor oil were fed to each animal through an oral-gastric catheter. Then excrements of animals were separately observed in the cages for 4 hours and their quality, frequency and stool weight were determined. Data analysis was performed using one-way ANOVA and Tukey post-test and pen
DOIhttps://doi.org/en
KeywordDiarrheaen
KeywordTeucrium Poliumen
KeywordRaten
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleEffect of Hydro-Alcoholic Extract of Teucrium Polium on Castor Oil-Induced Diarrhea in Male Raten
TypeResearch Articleen

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
ZJRMS-v15n6p54-en.pdf
Size:
198.5 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Article/s PDF