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Cathartics

Known as: Purgatives, cathartic, Evacuants, Bowel 
Agents that are used to stimulate evacuation of the bowels.
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2003
Review
2003
Biodynamic constituents in the Mexican morning glories: purgative remedies transcending boundaries.
Jalap, a pre-Hispanic herbal remedy still considered a useful laxative, is an ingredient in some over-the-counter products sold… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The Enslaved Healers of Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue
Enslaved healers including herbalists, kaperlatas, hospitalières, infirmières, and accoucheuses existed and flourished in the… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Plant Sources of Chinese Herbal Remedies: Effects on Pratylenchus vulnus and Meloidogyne javanica.
More than 500 plant species, used alone or in combination, are documented in Chinese traditional medicine to have activity… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The effect of wheat bran fiber and calcium supplementation on rectal mucosal proliferation rates in patients with resected adenomatous colorectal polyps.
Colorectal cancers continue as the second most common cause of death from cancer in the United States. Only a few prospective… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Extracorporeal bypass for the treatment of verapamil poisoning.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Effective Treatment for Paraquat Poisoning in Rats and its Relevance to Treatment of Paraquat Poisoning in Man
After oral administration of a lethal dose of paraquat to rats the plasma concentration remained relatively constant over four to… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Psychiatric disturbance leading to potassium depletion, sodium depletion, raised plasma-renin concentration, and secondary hyperaldosteronism.
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Cathartics and the Sodium Pump
THE classical concept of the action of the vegetable cathartics is that they irritate the intestinal mucosa. As a result of this… 
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
The role of Ascaris lumbricoides in the nutrition of the host; effect of ascariasis on digestion of protein.
Highly Cited
1934
Highly Cited
1934
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF HIGH AND LOW PLASMA MAGNESIUM: DANGERS OF EPSOM SALT PURGATION IN NEPHRITIS
Although a great deal of clinical significance has been attached to variations in blood calcium, variations in blood magnesium… 
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