Spasmolytic Activity
Spasmolytic activity of Jasmine on guinea pig ileum (post synaptic and not atropine- like) and rat uterus was evaluated. The mechanism of action of the spasmolytic activity, studied in vitro using a guinea-pig ileum smooth muscle preparation, was postsynaptic and not atropine-like. The spasmolytic effect of Jasmine absolute was most likely to be mediated through cAMP, and not through cGMP. The contradictory effect in vitro and in vivo has been suggested probably due to the solely physiological effects of jasmine absolute in vitro (producing a relaxation) compared with that in vivo, where it has a strong psychological input, producing a stimulant effect in man and enhanced movement in animals (45).