Abstract
The crude extracts of Chelidonium majus and Corydalis lutea were examined for antispasmodic activity against acetylcholine (ACh)-induced contraction on isolated rat ileal smooth muscle. Further, coptisine and caffeolmalic acid as components of the alkaloid and the hydroxycinnamic acid ester fraction of both plants were similarly investigated. The ACh-induced contraction was found to be antagonized weakly by caffeolymalic acid (6.9%; 2.5 x 10(-5) g/ml/organ bath), C. majus extract (12.7%; 2.0 x 10(-4) g/ml), and a higher concentration of coptisine (16.5%; 1.0 x 10(-5) g/ml) whereas the antispasmodic activity of C.lutea extract reached 45% (2.0 x 10(-4) g/ml). Antagonism by papaverine as a positive control amounted to 83.2%.
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