Asian Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Science

  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 3

Evaluation of antimotility effect of Plumbago indica (L.) on Charcoal Induced Gastrointestinal Motility in Mice

  • Author:
  • Swati Paul, Dibyajyoti Saha
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 95 to 97

Department of Pharmacy, BGC Trust University Bangladesh, Chittagong

*Corresponding Author E-mail: swati946@gmail.com

**saha.dibyajyoti@gmail.com

Online published on 5 June, 2014.

Abstract

Evaluation of antimotility activity was done in intestine of mice treated with methanolic extract of Plumbago indica L. (MEPI).Charcoal was used as a promotility agent. The antimotility activity with the mean defecation period 302.2 and 376.4min at the dose of 250 and 500mg/kg body weight.

Keywords

Plumbago indica L, Gastrointestinal Motility, Chacoal