title: Demonstration of antidiarrheal and antimotility effects of wood creosote.
abstract: Wood creosote administered to rats prevented castor-oil-induced diarrhea with an ED50 of 53 mg/kg p.o. This antidiarrheal effect was apparently produced by acceleration of net fluid absorption from the intestine, as shown by a 52% decrease (p < 0.001) of residual fluid volume in an intestinal loop, and partly by suppression of intestinal motility. Wood creosote also inhibited spontaneous longitudinal contractions of isolated ileal segments in rats (IC50 = 28 mg/l) and guinea pigs (IC50 = 17 mg/l). Contractions of the guinea pig ileum induced by electrical stimulation, bradykinin and acetylcholine were also inhibited dose-dependently. We conclude that wood creosote has an antidiarrheal activity and that this effect is exerted by inhibition of intestinal motility and by augmentation of net fluid absorption from the intestine.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute, Taiko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibata
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000930:Antidiarrheals / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002368:Castor Oil / Q000633:toxicity; D003407:Creosote / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000187:drug effects; D007422:Intestines / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000930:Antidiarrheals; D002368:Castor Oil; D003407:Creosote; D000109:Acetylcholine; D001920:Bradykinin