Abstract
The effect of pure sennosides A + B on large intestinal transit (LIT) was investigated in the rat. LIT was defined as the time from intracecal administration of a color marker through a chronically implanted catheter until first appearance of colored feces. Sennosides (50 mg/kg, administered orally 2-24 h before the marker) reduced LIT from greater than 6 h in controls to a minimum of 30-20 min after a 4- or 6-hour pretreatment. Longer pretreatment times increased LIT again reaching normal values after 24 h. Intracecal administration of sennosides and their natural metabolites (sennidins A + B, rhein-9-anthrone, rhein) simultaneously with the marker accelerated LIT to approximately 50-70 min. The laxative effect was less pronounced after rhein compared with the other compounds. Indometacin, loperamide, and calcium-channel antagonists (verapamil, nifedipine) partially antagonized the effect of intracecal sennosides on LIT and delayed, but did not suppress, appearance of soft feces.
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