In the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, nitric oxide (NO) has been shown over the last 25 years to
exert a prominent function as inhibitory neurotransmitter. Apart from the regulation of …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Centaurium erythraea is an important medicinal plant in
many countries, eg Morocco, Algeria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and countries of Balkan …

Piperine is a natural alkaloid that possesses a variety of therapeutic properties, including
anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antibacterial, and anticarcinogenic activities. The present …

Nitric oxide is an endogenous gas which exerts autocrine/paracrine actions by different
signaling pathways and/or direct interactions with intracellular compounds and structures …

Introduction Our work analyzed the effects of a P2X7 receptor antagonist, Brilliant Blue G
(BBG), on rat ileum myenteric plexus following ischemia and reperfusion (ISR) induced by …

Tylosema fassoglense (TFG) is used as an antidiarrheal traditional medicine in Western
Kenya. This study aimed to investigate the antidiarrheal activity of its aqueous extracts in …

Introduction The herbal preparation STW 5 ameliorates functional dyspepsia partly by
relaxing smooth muscle of the proximal stomach, thus improving gastric accommodation. We …

Abstract Context: Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (ALR), the dry rhizome of Aquilaria
agallocha R.(Thymelaeaeeae), has been widely used to treat emesis, stomachache and …

Gut motility undergoes a switch from myogenic to neurogenic control in late embryonic
development. Here, we report on the first electrical events underlying neurogenic motility in …

Dehydroeffusol is a naturally occurring phenanthrene isolated from Juncus effusus. In the
context of screening new drugs against gastrointestinal spasms, we investigated its effects …