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Studies on the anthelmintic activity of hexylresorcinol and tetrachlorethylene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

W. P. Rogers
W. P. Rogers*
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from the Molteno Institute, University of Cambridge
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1. A method for examining conditions governing anthelmintic activity in the small intestine is described. Nippostrongylus muris in the rat was the test organism and hexylresorcinol and C2C14 were the drugs examined.

2. The efficiency of hexylresorcinol was reduced by 50% in 1% sodium tauroglycocholate which reached a concentration of 1·3% in the rat small intestine. The adsorption of this drug on mucin reduced its concentration in intestinal fluids and prevented penetration to parasites under mucus. These inhibiting factors account for the inactivity of hexylresorcinol in the rat.

3. Tetrachlorethylene, which stimulated N. muris to leave mucus and enter fluids in the intestinal lumen, was not inhibited by bile salt and was found to act rapidly in the rat.

4. Sodium laurate activated hexylresorcinol more efficiently than sodium oleate at pH. 6·5. Both soaps showed intrinsic anthelmintic properties.

5. The results obtained in examining the rate of movement of fluids down the intestine and the effects of detergents, bile salts, mucin and ascorbic acid on drug activity are discussed.

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Parasitology , Volume 36 , Issue 1-2 , September 1944 , pp. 98 - 109
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1944

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