| Literature DB >> 11054849 |
M A Bezerra1, J H Leal-Cardoso, A N Coelho-De-Souza, D N Criddle, M C Fonteles.
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The effects of the essential oil of Alpinia speciosa Schum (EOAS) on rat ileum were studied. EOAS (0.1-600 microg/mL) reversibly relaxed ileal basal tonus. Submaximal contractions induced by 60 mM KCl or acetylcholine were concentration dependently inhibited by EOAS with similar IC(50) values ( approximately 44 and 48 microg/mL, respectively). These results show that EOAS possesses both relaxant and antispasmodic actions in the ileum. Copyright 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID： 11054849 DOI： 10.1002/1099-1573(200011)14:7<549::aid-ptr623>3.0.co;2-t
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phytother Res ISSN： 0951-418X Impact factor: 5.878