PHYTOCHEMICAL AND LAXATIVE STUDIES OF GLOBIMETULA BRAUNII (ENGLE) VAN TIEGH GROWING ON COLA ACUMINATA  (SCHOTT & ENDL).

Adediwura Fred-Jaiyesimi; Temitope Onabanjo; Oluwakemi Ademuyiwa

PHYTOCHEMICAL AND LAXATIVE STUDIES OF GLOBIMETULA BRAUNII (ENGLE) VAN TIEGH GROWING ON COLA ACUMINATA (SCHOTT & ENDL).

Authors

Adediwura Fred-Jaiyesimi Olabisi Onabanjo University, Sagamu
Temitope Onabanjo OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY
Oluwakemi Ademuyiwa OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY

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Traditional medicine

Abstract

ABSTRACT. The ethanol extracts of Globimetula braunii (Engle) Van Tiegh leaf growing on Cola acuminata (Schott & Endl) host was investigated for laxative activity in rats. The extract exhibited significant dose-dependent laxative activity at 500mg/kg and 1000mg/kg. Keywords: Globimetula braunii, Laxative, leaf.

Author Biographies

Adediwura Fred-Jaiyesimi, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Sagamu

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOGNOSY LECTURER I.

Temitope Onabanjo, OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOGNOSY.

Oluwakemi Ademuyiwa, OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOGNOSY.

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2008-05-12

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Fred-Jaiyesimi, A., Onabanjo, T., & Ademuyiwa, O. (2008). PHYTOCHEMICAL AND LAXATIVE STUDIES OF GLOBIMETULA BRAUNII (ENGLE) VAN TIEGH GROWING ON COLA ACUMINATA (SCHOTT & ENDL). African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 5(4), 419–420. Retrieved from https://journals.athmsi.org/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/258

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Vol. 5 No. 4 (2008)

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