We investigate the effects of perfusion with electrolyte solution on secretion of mucus by the frog palatine mucosa. The amount of mucus secreted was determined by measuring the contents of hexosamine in the mucus. Ciliary movement was examined by the particle transport method. The goblet cells, which secret mucus in the ciliated epithelium, were examined under light and electron microscopes af...

Introduction: Adhatoda vasica Linn., a significant quinazoline alkaloid found in the neighboring plant linn, is source of drug bromhexine. The Sanskrit phrase "namoolam anaushadham" comes to mind. However, it describes pharmacological activity rather differently from other modern disciplines. Sometimes Ayurvedic indication for corresponds current medical that plant's metabolite or derivatives m...