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Parasympathomimetic activity of salpantiol. A new cyclitol from Salpianthus arenarius
R M Pérez-Gutiérrez1, M S Pérez-Gutiérrez
1Depto. de Sistemas Biológicos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, México D.F.
Pharmaceutica Acta Helvetiae
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
A new cyclitol was isolated using the flowers of the Salpianthus arenarius, and its chemical structure was determined (2-methoxy-5hydroxymethyl cyclopentane-1,3,4-triol). The contractile effects of acetylcholine (Ach), Atropine, Pilocarpine, Adrenaline and Cyclitol were studied in rat ileum. Such cyclitol proves to have parasympathomimetic activity.