title: Inhibitory effect of the extract from Zizyphus jujuba leaves on sweet taste responses of the chorda tympani in the rat and hamster.
abstract: 1. One of the fractions obtained from the extract of Zizyphus jujuba leaves suppressed the response of the chorda tympani to sucrose, both in the rat and hamster. 2. In the rat and man, suppressive effect was found to be significant in responses to various sugars and artificial sweeteners but not in some sweet amino acids.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002814:Chorda Tympani Nerve / Q000502:physiology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013395:Sucrose / Q000494:pharmacology; D013649:Taste / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D014059:Tongue / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D013395:Sucrose