Capsaicin-like Activity of Some Natural Pungent Substances on Peripheral Endings of Visceral Primary Afferents

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Journal Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol

Specialty Pharmacology

Date 1990 Jul 1

PMID 1698263

Citations 9

Authors

R Patacchini

C A Maggi

A Meli

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Abstract

1. The effects of some naturally occurring pungent substances, piperine, mustard oil, eugenol and curcumin, were compared to those of capsaicin in the rat isolated urinary bladder. 2. All test compounds dose-dependently contracted the rat bladder and produced desensitization toward capsaicin (1 mumol/l). Development of cross-tachyphylaxis among the natural pungent substances on one hand and capsaicin on the other, suggested a common site of action on visceral primary afferents. 3. Contractile responses to piperine, mustard oil and eugenol were partially tetrodotoxin and ruthenium red-sensitive, suggesting that activation of sensory terminals by these agents takes place indirectly, as well as by a direct action on sensory receptors. 4. The presence of the secondary acrylamide linkage (present in the backbone of capsaicin, but not in that of test compounds) does not appear to be essential to produce desensitization of sensory nerve terminals.

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