Choleretic
Choleretics (singular: the choleretic ) are drugs that stimulate the liver cells to increase the secretion of bile .
Among the natural substances , bovine bile ( Fel tauri ), bile acids (especially the semi-synthetically obtained dehydrocholic acid ), sodium sulfate (Glauber's salt) and magnesium sulfate (Epsom salt) have a bile-stimulating effect.
Artichoke , field horsetail , thyme , garlic , real lavender , common dandelion , caraway , cinchona bark , radish , milk thistle , lemon balm , celandine , pumpkin and menthol are used on a vegetable basis .
Curcumin , which is contained in the turmeric plant, has a choleretic and cholekinetic effect . This plant also contains the gall-active substance p -tolylmethylcarbinol .
Synthetically produced choleretics are azintamide , febuprol , fenipentol , menbuton and piprozolin .
A substance with spasmolytic and choleretic properties is hymecromon .
It used to be called these agents together with the Cholekinetika (which the gallbladder emptying) as cholagogues .
literature
- Ernst Mutschler et al .: Mutschler - drug effects textbook of pharmacology and toxicology . 9th edition. Scientific Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8047-1952-1 .
- Hermann J. Roth et al. Helmut Fenner: Drugs . Thieme, Stuttgart a. New York 1988. pp. 596-599.
