TY - JOUR
T1 - Laxative activity of spray dired aqueous seed extract Linum usitatissimum
AU - Ashok Kumar, B.S.
AU - Prabhakar, V.
AU - Lakshman, K.
AU - Narayana Swamy, V.B.
N1 - Export Date: 10 November 2017
Correspondence Address: Ashok Kumar, B.S.; Department of Pharmacognosy, Sri K.V. College of Pharmacy, Chickballapur, Karnataka, India; email: [email protected]
Chemicals/CAS: charcoal, 16291-96-6
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PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Aqueous extract of Linum usitatissimum Linn, (Linaceae) was evaluated for laxative activity in rats at three dose levels (12.5, 25, 50 mg/kg). Healthy Wister rats were divided into 4 groups of 6 animals each. First group served as control, second group served as standard (Senna) while 3 and 4 groups were treated with aqueous extract of Linum usitatissimum (12.5 and 25 mg/kg body weight) respectively. The laxative activity was determined based on the weight of the faecal matter at time interval of 8 and 16th h. Gastrointestinal motility was studied by using charcoal meal method. Both the studies showed increase in laxative activity and gastrointestinal motility at 25 mg/kg dose of L. usitatissimum.
AB - Aqueous extract of Linum usitatissimum Linn, (Linaceae) was evaluated for laxative activity in rats at three dose levels (12.5, 25, 50 mg/kg). Healthy Wister rats were divided into 4 groups of 6 animals each. First group served as control, second group served as standard (Senna) while 3 and 4 groups were treated with aqueous extract of Linum usitatissimum (12.5 and 25 mg/kg body weight) respectively. The laxative activity was determined based on the weight of the faecal matter at time interval of 8 and 16th h. Gastrointestinal motility was studied by using charcoal meal method. Both the studies showed increase in laxative activity and gastrointestinal motility at 25 mg/kg dose of L. usitatissimum.
M3 - Article
SN - 1827-8620
VL - 1
SP - 371
EP - 378
JO - Pharmacologyonline
JF - Pharmacologyonline
ER -