Background: Cissampelos sympodialis (Menispermaceae), known as "Milona" has a specific verified medicinal use for the treatment of diarrhea and respiratory tract diseases. This work aims to evaluate the antimotility and antidiarrheal activity of crude ethanolic extract (EtOHE-Cs), and the total alkaloid fraction (TAF-Cs) obtained from aerial parts of C. sympodialis. Methods: Normal intestinal transit and gastric emptying were used to evaluate antimotility activity. Castor oil-induced diarrhea and castor oil-induced enteropooling were used to evaluate antidiarrheal activity. Results: The results indicated that EtOHE-Cs has no antimotility activity, but did demonstrate antidiarrheal activity (at 500mg/kg), and this activity is related to reduction of intestinal fluid accumulation. The TAF-Cs (at 250 and 500mg/kg) showed antidiarrheal activity by reducing gastrointestinal motility (gastric emptying and normal intestinal transit). Conclusions: The antidiarrheal activity of C. sympodialis can be attributed to the chemical compounds already isolated and quantified in this species, mainly alkaloids.
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de Sales, I. R. P., Machado, F. D. F., Marinho, A. F., Lúcio, A. S. S. C., Filho, J. M. B., & Batista, L. M. (2015). Cissampelos sympodialis Eichl. (Menispermaceae), a medicinal plant, presents antimotility and antidiarrheal activity in vivo. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-015-0578-7
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