Myostimulating effect of sesamum radiatum aqueous leaf extract in isolated Guinea-pig Taenia caeci contractile activity

• Published in: African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 377 - 385
• Main Authors: Konan, André B, Amonkan, Augustin K, Ahui, Marie-Louise B, Bouafou, Guy-Marcel K, Kouakou, Léandre K, Kpahé, Fidèle Z, Datté, Jacques Y
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nigeria African Networks on Ethnomedicines 01.01.2011
• Subjects: Acetylcholine - antagonists & inhibitors; Animals; Atropine - pharmacology; Calcium - pharmacology; Cecum - drug effects; Cecum - physiology; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction - drug effects; Male; Muscarinic Antagonists; Muscle, Smooth - drug effects; Muscle, Smooth - physiology; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; Plant Leaves - chemistry; Potassium - pharmacology; Research Papers; Sesamum - chemistry; Sesamum radiatum; contractile activity; acetylcholine; Taenia caeci

This study was carried to examine the effects of the aqueous leaf extract of Sesamum radiatum, a laxative plant on the contractile activity of Taenia caeci, an intestinal smooth muscle. Strips of Taenia caeci were rapidly removed from guinea-pig and were suspended between two L-shaped stainless stee...