January 2017

Effects of Xylopia aethiopica fruit extract on isolated rabbit ileum

In this study, pharmacological reactivity of rabbit ileum to crude extract of fruits of Xylopia aethiopica in the presence of other agonist and antagonist agents was evaluated. The contractility of the isolated rabbit ileum was recorded using kymograph. The effects of the crude extract of X. aethiopica on rabbit ileum were independently determined using a dose range of 10-8 to 10-4 mg/ml. However, to determine the...

Author(s): Okwari O.O, Obembe A.O, Jeje S.O, Honesty E.E and Osim E.E