1. The aim of this study was the pharmacological characterization of tachykinin NK1 and NK2 receptors mediating contraction in the circular muscle of the guinea-pig ileum and proximal colon. The action of substance P (SP), neurokinin A (NKA) and of the synthetic agonists [Sar9]SP sulphone, [Glp6,Pro9]SP(6-11) (septide) and [beta Ala8]NKA(4-10) was investigated. The affinities of various peptide...

Diverticulitis in the terminal ileum is uncommon. Past reports suggested that conservative therapy may be feasible to treat terminal ileum diverticulitis without perforation; however, there is no consensus on the therapeutic strategy for small bowel diverticulitis. We present a 37-year-old man who was referred to our hospital for sudden onset of abdominal pain and nausea. He was diagnosed with ...

A 40 year old woman with known Crohn's disease of the ileum but no abscess was found to have hepatic portal venous gas by computed tomography. Aggressive antibiotic treatment led to recovery and the ileum was resected two weeks later.

The addition prebiotics in broiler diets can benefit digestion and nutrient abortion. objective of the present study was to evaluate effects moringa leaf powder agave inulin on growth performance, intestinal morphology, slaughter traits chickens over 40 d grow-out. A total 280 broilers (Ross 308) aged 1 were randomly allocated 4 treatments, with 7 replicates each 10 chicks per replicate: T1 = c...

Our objective was to determine how dexamethasone (Dex) affects gastrointestinal protein metabolism and growth in neonatal pigs. Two-day-old pigs were given daily subcutaneous injections of either Dex (1 mg/kg body wt, n = 7) or saline (control, n = 6) for 7 days. In vivo protein synthesis was measured after 7 days with a bolus of [3H]phenylalanine. Tissue protein contents were measured in an in...

PURPOSE To investigate if diabetes mellitus may alter breaking strength (BS) and collagen content in ileum and colon anastomoses in rats. METHODS Three-hundred Wistar rats were randomly assigned to 5 experimental groups, 60 per group: normal controls surgically manipulated (G1); normal controls submitted to ileum (G2) and colon (G3) anastomotic construction; diabetic rats submitted to ileum (...

Sundaram, U., S. Wisel, and J. J. Fromkes. Unique mechanism of inhibition of Na1-amino acid cotransport during chronic ileal inflammation. Am. J. Physiol. 275 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 38): G483–G489, 1998.—In the chronically inflamed ileum, unique mechanisms of alteration of transport processes suggest regulation by different immuneinflammatory mediator pathways. We previously demonstrated...

teucrium polium l. (lamiaceae) is used in the traditional medicine of iran for the treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. the essential oil from the aerial parts of t polium was assessed for antispasmodic activity and compared with the effect of atropine and dicyclomine. acetylcholine and kc i were used for induction of contraction on rat isolated ileum. teucrium polium essential...

Captopril (0.15-10 mg/kg) administration in the anesthetized dog causes immediate hypotension concomitant with an increase in tonus of the assay tissue (cat terminal ileum) superfused with circulating blood (Vane's cascade method). The increase in cat terminal ileum tonus was antagonized by a bradykinin receptor antagonist, L-349b. Treatment of the animals with indomethacin blocked or reversed ...