%0 Journal Article
%T Antidiarrheal activity of ethanolic bark extract of Mitragyna diversifolia
%A Jebunnessa
%A Shaikh Bokhtear Uddin
%A M. Mahabub-Uz-Zaman
%A Rasheda Akter
%A Nazim Uddin Ahmed
%J Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology
%D 2009
%I Bangladesh Pharmacological Society
%X The ethanolic bark extract of Mitragyna diversifolia showed significant (p<0.05) antidiarrheal activity on gastrointestinal motility with barium sulfate milk model and castor oil- induced diarrheal model in rats. These results revealed that the bark extract possess pharmacological activity against diarrhea and may possibly explain the use of the plant in traditional medicine.
%K Antidiarrheal activity
%K Barium sulfate
%K milk
%K Castor oil
%K Mitragyna diversifolia
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