اثر عصاره آبي و آبي - الكلي برگ كلم پيچ سفيد بر روي فعاليت حركتي شاخ رحم جداشده خرگوش

THE EFFECTS OF AQUEOUS AND HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF CABBAGE (BRASSICA OLERACEA L.) LEAVES ON THE CONTRACTIBILITY OF RABBITS ISOLATED UTERUS HORN

It is well known that medicinal herbs play an important role in medicine today. The plants from the cabbage family have been used for treating various diseases in Iranian traditional medicine since ages. Though the cabbage has been introduced as an abortive agent and for expulsion of dead fetuses in Iranian traditional medicine , no confirmatory study has been carried out in modern times . The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of aqueous and hydro- alcoholic extracts of cabbage leaves on the contractibility of isolated uterine horns of a rabbit invitro. For this purpose , the above mentioned extracts were applied to organ baths in varying strengths and the resulting tonicity was measured using an isometric transducer . The results showed that these extracts cause significant contraction of the uterus in a dose dependent manner .As a significant reduction of these effects is seen in the presence of 0.2ng/ml fentolamine , it is estimated that the cabbage extracts have an effect on the alfa receptors .