Recent findings on the mode of action of laxatives: the role of platelet activating factor and nitric oxide.

Abstract:

:Platelet activating factor (PAF) is a phospholipid mediator of inflammation and stimulates anion secretion in animals and in isolated preparations of human colon. Nitric oxide (NO), synthesized from the amino acid L-arginine, is an important enteric inhibitory neurotransmitter. In addition, NO-donating compounds stimulate anion secretion in rat and guinea-pig colon. In this article, Angelo A. Izzo and colleagues review the key pharmacological features of the involvement of NO and PAF in the action of laxatives and propose that the classification of laxatives should take into account the important implications of these endogenous mediators.

journal_name

Trends Pharmacol Sci

authors

Izzo AA,Gaginella TS,Mascolo N,Capasso F

doi

10.1016/s0165-6147(98)01249-8

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-10-01 00:00:00

pages

403-5

issue

10

eissn

0165-6147

issn

1873-3735

pii

S0165-6147(98)01249-8

journal_volume

19

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