Experiment 938604

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
OrganismQuillaja saponaria (ROSACEAE)
CitationKOBAYASHI,S: NAKAGAWA,M: TAKAHASHI,K: KIMURA,I: KIMURA,M:. (1990). INHIBITORY ACTIONS OF PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 AND SAPONINS INCLUDING GINSENOSIDE RB1 AND GLYCYRRHIZIN ON THE FORMATION OF NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR CLUSTERS ON CULTURED MOUSE MYOTUBES.. 4(3)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseMOYTOMAL AND SPINAL CORD EXPLANTS FROM 13 DAY OLD EMBRYO WERE CULTURED TOGETHER. THE SINGLE CELLS THAT MIGRATED FROM THE MUSCLE EXPLANT WERE CULTURED SEPARATELY AND LATER FORMED INTO MYOTUBULES. THE EFFECT OF THE GIVEN EXTRACT ON THE APPEARANCE AND CLUSTERING OF ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS WAS EXAMINED. EXTRACT INHIBITED BOTH APPEARANCE AND CLUSTERING. INHIBITION COUNTERED BY 2 MM EGTA.
Dose amount1.0 MCG
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalMOUSE
Per unitML
Dose expressionCONC USED
ExtractSAPONIN FRACTION