%0 Journal Article
%@ 1934578X
%A Khan, F.U.
%A Khan, A.-U.
%A Hussain, J.
%A Khan, I.U.
%A Muhammad, N.
%A Khan, A.
%A Mehmood, S.
%A Asiri, A.M.
%A Khan, S.B.
%A Gilani, A.H.
%D 2016
%F scholars:7050
%I Natural Product Incorporation
%J Natural Product Communications
%K calcium channel blocking agent; nepetolide; potassium; spasmolytic agent; unclassified drug; verapamil; calcium channel blocking agent; cholinergic receptor blocking agent; diterpene; nepetolide, Article; concentration response; controlled study; drug isolation; drug screening; drug structure; muscle contraction; Nepeta; Nepeta suavis; Oryctolagus cuniculus; spasmolysis; structure activity relation; structure analysis; animal; chemistry; drug effects; in vitro study; isolation and purification; jejunum; rabbit, Animals; Calcium Channel Blockers; Diterpenes; In Vitro Techniques; Jejunum; Nepeta; Parasympatholytics; Rabbits
%N 5
%P 591-592
%R 10.1177/1934578x1601100507
%T Spasmolytic and Ca++ channel blocking potential of nepetolide: Isolated from nepeta suavis
%U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/7050/
%V 11
%X Nepeta suavis is used in traditional medicine for treatment of abdominal spasm (colic). The tricyclic clerodane type diterpene, nepetolide, isolated for the first time from Nepeta suavis, was evaluated for Ca++ antagonist and antispasmodic activities. When studied in isolated rabbit jejunum, nepetolide caused concentration-dependent (0.03-100 μM) relaxation of spontaneous and high K+ (80 mM)-induced contractions, like that caused by verapamil, indicating that nepetolide exhibits spasmolytic activity, possibly mediated through Ca++ channel blocking action, which provides scientific explanation for the medicinal application of Nepeta suavis as an antispasmodic agent.
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