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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017

Investigating Potential Modes of Actions of

Mulugeta Molla, Negero Gemeda, Solomon M Abay

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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Mulugeta MollaSchool of Pharmacy, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Haramaya, Ethiopia.
Negero GemedaTraditional and Modern Medicine Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-3153-4860
Solomon M AbayDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-7844-3771

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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methodsFractions of chloroform, n-butanol, and water were obtained from 80% methanol extract, which was prepared by maceration. Antidiarrheal activities and the modes of actions were investigated in mice.

resultsIn castor oil induced diarrheal model, the extract delayed onset of diarrhea and reduced number and weight of feces at all tested doses significantly. In this model all fractions significantly delayed onset of diarrhea at all tested doses. Charcoal meal test showed that the extract and all the fractions produced a significant antimotility effect at all tested doses. Enteropooling test showed that the extract as well as n-butanol and aqueous fractions at all tested doses produced a significant decline in volume and weight of intestinal contents, whereas chloroform fraction had substantial effect only at high dose.

conclusionThis study demonstrated that the extract and solvent fractions produced antidiarrheal activities due to dual inhibitory effect, intestinal motility, and fluid secretion, with the aqueous fraction being the most active among fractions in three models.

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PMCPMC5441119

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