Experiment 64657
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Gymnema sylvestre (ASCLEPIADACEAE) |
| Citation | WARREN,RP: WARREN,RM: WENINGER,MG:. (1969). INHIBITION OF THE SWEET TASTE BY GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE.. 223() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THRESHOLDS FOR SUCROSE AND SODIUM SACCHARIN ARE DETERMINED. RESULTS INDICATED THAT SUPRESSION OF SWEET SENSITIVITY BY GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE(GS) EXTRACT IS PROBABLY NOT A MATTER OF COMPETITION FOR RECEPTOR SITES. THE PERSISTENCE OF THE EFFECTS OF GS EXTRACT, HOWEVER, EVEN AFTER REPEATED RINSING, LONG AFTER THE EFFECTS OF SUCROSE AND SACCHARIN ADAPTATION WOULD HAVE WORN OFF, SUGGESTS THAT IT MAY INTERFERE WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE INTERMEDIATE STEPS IN THE ESSENTIAL CELLULAR SEQUENCE LENDING TO NERVE STIMJULATION. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | LEAVES |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |