Spasmolytic constituents of Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) Loud: pharmacological evaluation of himachalol.

Abstract

Himachalol has been identified as the major antispasmodic constituent in the wood of Cedrus deodara. The pharmacological studies of himachalol on various isolated smooth muscles (guinea pig ileum, rabbit jejunum, rat uterus, and guinea pig seminal vesicle) and against different agonists (acetylcholine, histamine, serotonin, nicotine, and barium chloride) indicated spasmolytic activity similar to that of papaverine. It was a more potent antagonist of barium chloride-induced spasm of guinea pig ileum than papaverine but less effective in reverting a similar spasm of rabbit jejunum and had no relaxing effect alone. In the conscious immobilized cat, intragastric administration of himachalol or papaverine (100 mg/kg) produced equal inhibition of carbachol-induced spasm of the intestine, lasting about 2 hr, but himachalol had a faster onset of action. Himachalol was devoid of spasmolytic effect on the bronchial musculature of guinea pig but was 3.3 times more potent than papaverine in antagonizing epinephrine-induced contraction of the guinea pig seminal vesicle. Intravenous injection of himachalol (3-10 mg/kg) in the cat produced a dose-dependent fall in blood pressure and an increased femoral blood flow.

• Authors: K Kar, V N Puri, G K Patnaik, R N Sur, B N Dhawan, D K Kulshrestha, R P Rastogi
• Journal: Journal of pharmaceutical sciences (J Pharm Sci) Vol. 64 Issue 2 Pg. 258-262 (Feb 1975) ISSN: 0022-3549 [Print] United States
• PMID: 47907 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Benzocycloheptenes
• Parasympatholytics
• Plant Extracts
• Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
• Sesquiterpenes
• Charcoal
• himachalol
• Papaverine

Topics

• Animals
• Benzocycloheptenes (pharmacology, toxicity)
• Blood Circulation (drug effects)
• Blood Pressure (drug effects)
• Bronchi (drug effects)
• Cattle
• Charcoal
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Female
• Gastrointestinal Motility (drug effects)
• Guinea Pigs
• Heart Atria (drug effects)
• Histamine Release (drug effects)
• Ileum (drug effects)
• In Vitro Techniques
• Jejunum (drug effects)
• Lethal Dose 50
• Male
• Muscle Contraction (drug effects)
• Nictitating Membrane (drug effects)
• Papaverine (pharmacology)
• Parasympatholytics (pharmacology, toxicity)
• Plant Extracts (pharmacology, toxicity)
• Plants, Medicinal (analysis)
• Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
• Rabbits
• Rats
• Seminal Vesicles (drug effects)
• Sesquiterpenes (pharmacology, toxicity)
• Trachea (drug effects)
• Uterus (drug effects)