A research team at Toho University has revealed that ferulic acid (FA), a polyphenol abundant in rice bran, suppresses intestinal smooth muscle contractions by inhibiting voltage-dependent calcium ...

A research team from the Departments of Chemical Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, has found that Schisandrin A, a natural compound found in ...

Ferulic acid suppresses ileal smooth muscle contraction by inhibiting calcium ion influx through voltage-dependent calcium channels. This action may help prevent or treat excessive intestinal motility ...

Calcium-activated ion channels in smooth muscle cells translate intracellular calcium signals into changes in membrane potential and contractile tension. The most prominent of these channels are the ...