The hallucinogenic herb Salvia divinorum and its active ingredient salvinorin A inhibit enteric cholinergic transmission in the guinea-pig ileum

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-75

  Capasso, R ^a   Borrelli, F ^a   Capasso, F ^a   Siebert, D J ^b   Stewart, D J ^c   Zjawiony, J K ^c   Izzo, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Salvia Divinorum Research and Information Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

opioid receptors; Cholinergic transmission; Gastrointestinal motility; Intestine; Salvia divinorum; Salvinorin A

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; APAMIN; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLORNITHYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; METHYSERGIDE; N NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NALOXONE; NALTRINDOLE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NORBINALTORPHIMINE; SALVINORIN A; THIOPERAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DITERPENE; PLANT EXTRACT; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; ILEUM CONTRACTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVIA; SALVIA DIVINORUM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INNERVATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; DITERPENES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GUINEA PIGS; HALLUCINOGENS; ILEUM; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLANT EXTRACTS; SALVIA; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33644947581     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2005.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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