Gastrointestinal and diuretic effects of aqueous extracts of the stem bark of aegle marmelos [L.] Correa

ABSTRACT

The aqueous extract of the stem bark of Aegle marmelos [L.] Correa decreased defaecation and food and water intake after 4 hours of drug administration in acute metabolism. In forced diuresis it decreased the volume of urine output after 1 to 4 hours of drug administration. It exhibited small increase in the gastrointestinal motility in mice when compared with control and atropine treated animals. In the castor oil induced diarrhoea it significantly inhibited the diarrhoea at a dose of 100 mg/kg intraperitoneally