Dracocephalum kotschyi Boiss. is a traditional medicine with antispasmodic activities. The objective of this research was to study antispasmodic activities of hydroalcoholic extract of D. kotschyi on rat isolated uterus contractions for comparison with isolated ileum. Hydroalcoholic extract was obtained from aerial part of D. kotschyi using percolation method. A portion of rat ileum or uterus w...

retrograde approach is considered technically more challenging, with published failure rates for ileal intubation as high as 30% [1]. The technique for ileal intubation described by Yamamoto et al. involves visualizing the ileocecal valve (ICV) while the overtube balloon is inflated in the ascending colon, followed by pull-back of the balloon to reduce the ileocolic angle (thus exposing the ICV...

AIM To evaluate motoric intestinal disturbances during inflammation with Trichinella spiralis in rats as an experimental model. METHODS We examined the changes in worm-positive (jejunum) and worm-free (ileum) intestinal segments of rats infected with T. spiralis. To investigate the relationship between structural and functional changes in smooth muscle, we measured the thickness of the muscle...

BACKGROUND ATP-binding cassette transporter abcc2 is involved in the cellular efflux of irinotecan. The drug is toxic for mouse ileum, where abcc2 is highly expressed. Here, we investigate whether circadian changes in local abcc2 expression participate in the circadian rhythm of irinotecan toxicity for ileum mucosa, and further assess whether genetic background or sex modify this relation. ME...

We report on an exceptional vascular cause of gastrointestinal hemorrhage. A 30-yr-old man was admitted because of recurrent hematochezia. Colonoscopy showed circumferential, erythematous, and nodular vascular distensions with hematocystic spots in the terminal ileum resembling varicosis and subsequent computed tomography with 3-dimensional angiographic reconstruction revealed a vascular archit...

Measurements were made on protein sup,plcments in.a basal diet, of dry matter, nitrogen and amino acid digestibilities using mature and' adult cockerels. Birds were killed 5h after receiving their diet in a single feed. Analyses were made on digesta from (i) the ileum, (ii) the terminal ileum, (iii) post caeca, and on excreta. In a second exDeriment -adult cockerels were fitted with a sitiple c...

isovanillin and isoacetovanillon are two components found in p. spinosa decne.exboiss extract with no previously reported effect on ileum contractions. spasmolytic effect of isovanillin and isoacetovanillon were examined on response to electrical field stimulation (efs), acetylcholine (ach) and 5-ht in strips of rat ileum. longitudinal ileum strips were set up in an organ bath containing oxygen...

Two turmeric food powders (C1 and C2) were studied for curcuminoid content their effects on the guinea pig intestinal tract in vitro. C1 contained a higher than C2 (5.22% vs 2.31%). increased gallbladder (∼10%) biliary smooth muscle tone (∼15%), without affecting sphincter of Oddi contractility. was more effective lowering ileum (–22% −37%), whereas reverse occurred colon (-50% −20%). Standard ...

Phytobezoar presenting as acute intestinal obstruction is extremely rare in clinical practice and causing terminal ileum obstruction is still rarer. We report a case of middle aged female who presented with intestinal obstruction due to impacted phytobezoar in terminal ileum. Emergency exploratory laparotomy was performed and large phytobezoar found impacted in terminal ileum, which was compres...

Two neurokinin B (NKB) analogs, [Gly6]-NKB [3-10] and [Arg3, D-Ala6]-NKB [3-10], were tested for agonistic activity as well as for their ability to antagonize the myotropic actions of NKB, neurokinin A, substance P, physalaemin and eledoisin in isolated guinea-pig ileum, guinea-pig urinary bladder, rat duodenum, rat vas deferens and rat portal vein. [Gly6]-NKB [3-10] in the guinea-pig ileum and...