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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2019.29.12.1345

Effects of Dried Gentiana scabra Rhizomes and Roots on the Intestinal Transit Rate of Mice with Experimental Gastrointestinal Motility Dysfunctions  

Lee, Hyun-Tai (Biopharmaceutical Engineering Major, Division of Applied Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Dong-eui University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.29, no.12, 2019 , pp. 1345-1350 More about this Journal
Abstract
Our recent study has revealed that in vivo intestinal transit rate (ITR) in normal mice was significantly increased by the administration of an aqueous extract of dried Gentiana scabra rhizomes and roots (GS-W) in a dose-dependent manner. Following on from our previous study, the effect of GS-W on ITR was measured in mice with experimentally induced gastrointestinal motility dysfunctions (GMDs) in the present study. GS-W showed no significant acute toxicity even at an oral dose of 5 g/kg to mice. ITR was significantly retarded in the GMD mice compared with that in normal mice, and this retardation was significantly recovered by the oral administration of GS-W in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, the ITR value of GS-W at a dose of 1 g/kg appeared to be higher than that of cisapride, which was predominantly prescribed for human patients with various GMDs in the late 1900s but was withdrawn from the market in 2000 due to its fatal side effects. The current results suggest that GS-W is a potential substitute for cisapride to prevent or alleviate human GMDs.
Keywords
Cisapride; gastrointestinal motility dysfunction; Gentiana scabra; intestinal transit rate;
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