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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2016.26.12.1466

Comparison of Effects of Oriental Medicines from Rutaceae Fruits on Gastric Emptying and Intestinal Transit in Mice  

Lee, Hyun-Tai (Department of Life Science & Biotechnology, Dong-eui University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.26, no.12, 2016 , pp. 1466-1469 More about this Journal
Abstract
A group of traditional folk medicines obtained from the fruits of Rutaceae plants, such as Ponciri Fructus Immaturus (PFI) from Poncirus trifoliata Raf., Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (AFI) and Aurantii Pericarpium (AP) from Citrus aurantium L., and Aurantii Nobilis Pericarpium (ANP) from Citrus unshiu Marc., has been widely used for improving poor gastrointestinal function in East Asia, including in China and Korea. In the present study, the effects of Rutaceae-fruit-derived folk medicines on gastrointestinal motor function were investigated and compared by measuring in vivo gastric emptying and intestinal transit in mice. Among the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of some Rutaceae-fruit-derived folk medicines, an ethanolic extract of AP (AP-E) significantly accelerated intestinal transit in a dose-dependent manner without affecting gastric emptying. Furthermore, the intestinal transit rate of AP-E was the highest among all extracts examined in this study, including aqueous extracts of PFI, AFI, and ANP, of which the activities of accelerating intestinal transit have been already reported.
Keywords
Aurantii Pericarpium; Citrus aurantium; gastric emptying; intestinal transit; Rutaceae;
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