The castor oil test in rats: An in vivo method to evaluate antipropulsive and antisecretory activity of antidiarrheals?
β Scribed by Dr. Sc. C. J. E. Niemegeers; F. Awouters; P. A. J. Janssen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 263 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0272-4391
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β¦ Synopsis
Castor oil-induced diarrhea in rats is described to be an appropriate model of the complex, prolonged processes of hypersecretion and accelerated transit that characterize secretory diarrhea. Suprofen, a prostaglandin biosynthesis inhibitor, was found to postpone diarrhea over a wide dose range, but suprofen failed to reduce the diarrheal excretion. In contrast to suprofen, loperamide not only increased the diarrhea-free period but also produced a dose-related decrease of the diarrheal excretion.
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