Luminal capsaicin inhibits fluid secretion induced by enterotoxin E. coli STa, but not by carbachol, in vivo in rat small and large intestine

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-315

  Nzegwu, Helen C ^a   Levin, R J ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CARBACHOL; ENTEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE SECRETION; LARGE INTESTINE; NERVE FIBER C; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SMALL INTESTINE;

EID: 0029912483     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1996.sp003935     Document Type: Article

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