Experiment 884580
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | INTRAGASTRIC |
| Organism | Cassia senna (FABACEAE) |
| Citation | MASCOLO,N: MELI,R: AUTORE,G: CAPASSO,F:. (1988). SENNA STILL CAUSES LAXATION IN RATS MAINTAINED ON A DIET DEFICIENT IN ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS.. 40(12) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | SENNA EXTRACT, CALCULATED AS SENNOSIDE B CONTENT, WAS FED TO NORMAL AND ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID-DEFICIENT RATS. COLONIC PG PRODUCTION INCREASED BY 4X IN NORMAL RATS. IN FATTY ACID-DEFICIENT RATS, COLONIC PG PRODUCTION WAS SEVERELY DEFICIENT AND WAS UNAFFECTED BY SENNA. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT PG STIMULATION IS NOT ESSENTIAL TO SENNA-INDUCED LAXATION, SINCE LAXATIVE EFFECT WAS SEEN IN FATTY ACID-DEFICIENT RATS. |
| Dose amount | 30.0 MG |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | RAT |
| Per unit | KG |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |