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Song, J.C. (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Park, C.H. (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Kim, H.T. (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Endale, Mehari (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Rhee, M.H. (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Park, S.C. (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Kim, K.S. (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Kim, T.W. (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea), E-mail: twkim@mail.knu.ac.kr

Suaeda (S.) asparagoides M∧IQ, one of the halophyte groups, has been used as a folk remedy for digestive disturbances in Korea. However, its pharmacological activity on gastrointestinal motility has not been reported yet. In this study, the effects of this halophyte extracts with various solvent fractions (ethanol, hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, butanol, and water) on mice ileal spontaneous motility was examined. All solvent fractions at the concentration of 100 ㎍/ml showed inhibitory actions on spontaneous motility of ileum with the potency order of water greater-than 70% ethanol greater-than hexane much greater-than chloroform greater-than or equal to butanol greater-than or equal to ethyl acetate, respectively.

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