[A complementary experimental method to study agents with mucolytic activity]

Poumon Coeur. 1977;33(5):281-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The resins endothelial injection in the rat right lung allows to appreciate quantitatively the state of the broncheal tree. Associated to a technic showing the quality of mucoids retentions this method is useful for the showing of products with a mucolytic activity.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bronchi / drug effects*
  • Bronchi / metabolism
  • Carbocysteine / pharmacology
  • Expectorants / pharmacology*
  • Female
  • Mucus / drug effects*
  • Rats
  • Sulfur Dioxide / pharmacology

Substances

  • Expectorants
  • Sulfur Dioxide
  • Carbocysteine