Different effects on the tonus of colon and ileum isolated from mouse by resin glycoside (pharbitin) of Pharbitidis Semen

• Main Authors: Jian-Rong Zhou (Author), Naofumi Tokutomi (Author), Yuusuke Satou (Author), Shin Yasuda (Author), Hideki Kinoshita (Author), Toshihiro Nohara (Author), Kazumi Yokomizo (Author), Masateru Ono (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pharbitidis Semen (the seeds of Pharbitis nil), traditionally used as a purgative in Japan, China and Korea, contains a resin glycoside fraction named pharbitin, which is known as a purgative ingredient. Due to the complex nature of pharbitin, little is known about either the act...