Produção de biomassa de erva-cidreira [Lippia alba (Mill. ) N.E.Br. ] sob adubação com composto de capim elefante inoculado e sem inoculação de actinomicetos / Biomass production of Lippia alba (Mill. ) N.E.Br. under fertilization with compost inoculated elephant grass and without inoculation of actinomycetes

A erva-cidreira [Lippia alba (Mill.) N. E. Br.] é uma espécie da família Verbenaceae amplamente utilizada pela população brasileira, devido às propriedades calmante, espasmolítica suave, analgésica, sedativa, ansiolítica e levemente expectorante. Para implantação do experimento foi produzido composto orgânico de capim elefante + esterco, na proporção de 70% de material vegetal e 30% de esterco, sem inoculação e inoculados com os isolados de actinomicetos do gênero Streptomyces: AC16; AC26; AC92 e AC103. Os compostos foram acondicionados em sacos de polietileno contendo 10,0 kg de solo adicionados na proporção equivalente a 20 t ha-1 e foram reaplicados logo após a primeira colheita. As colheitas da parte aérea foram realizadas aos 75 e 165 dias após o transplante. As raízes foram colhidas logo após a segunda colheita. Os tratatamentos com adubação orgânica promoveram aumento médio na produção de biomassa da erva-cidreira de 184, 83, 125, 115 e 122% para biomassa seca da parte aérea (MSPA) na primeira colheita, de MSPA na segunda colheita, biomassa seca total da parte aérea (MSTPA), biomassa seca de raiz (MSR) e biomassa seca total da cultura (MST), respectivamente, quando comparados com o tratamento controle, porém não houve efeito da inoculação de actinomicetos no composto orgânico. Nas condições em que este estudo foi realizado foi possível concluir que a adubação com composto orgânico de capim elefante influenciou positivamente a produção de biomassa seca da L. alba, mas a inoculação dos compostos com actinomicetos não exerceu influência.

L. alba is a species of the family Verbenaceae widely used by the Brazilian population, because of the soothing, gentle antispasmodic, analgesic, expectorant, sedative, anxiolytic and smoothly. For the implementation of the experiment produced organic compound of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Shum.) + manure at 70% plant material and 30% manure, uninoculated and inoculated with the actinomycete Streptomyces genus, AC16, AC26, AC92 and AC103. The compounds were placed in polyethylene bags containing 10.0 kg of soil added in a proportion equivalent to 20 t ha-1 and re-apply after the first harvest. The harvests of the shoots were taken at 75 and 165 days after transplantation. The roots were harvested after the second harvest. Dealing with organic fertilization promoted the average increase in biomass production of lemon grass 184, 83, 125, 115 and 122% for the dry stem biomass (MSPA) in the first harvest, second harvest of MSPA, total shoot biomass (MSTPA), dry biomass of the root (MSR) and the total crop biomass (MST), respectively, compared with the control, but no effect of inoculation of actinomycetes in compost. Under the conditions of this study was conducted, it was concluded that the organic compound fertilizer with elephant grass positively influenced the production of dry biomass of L. alba, but the injection of the compounds of the actinomycetes, without influence.

Effect of antipyrine on the gastric emptying of liquid in rats.

Antipyrine (At) and dipyrone (Dp) delay gastric emptying (GE) in rats. The objective of the present study was to assess the effects of intravenous (iv) and intracerebroventricular (icv) administration of At and Dp on the GE of liquid by rats. GE was assessed in male Wistar rats (5-10 in each group) 10 min after the icv or iv drug injection by measuring percent gastric retention (%GR) of a saline test meal labeled with phenol red 10 min after administration by gavage. The At iv group was significantly higher (64.4 +/- 2.6%) compared to control (33.4 +/- 1.5%) but did not differ from the Dp group (54.3 +/- 3.8%). After icv administration of At, %GR (34.2 +/- 2%) did not differ from control (32.6 +/- 1.9%), but was significantly higher after Dp (54.5 +/- 2.3%). Subdiaphragmatic vagotomy significantly reduced %GR in the At group (30.2 +/- 0.7%) compared to the sham group, but was significantly higher than in the controls (23.0 +/- 0.5%). In the animals treated with At iv, baclofen significantly reduced %GR (28.3 +/- 2.4%) compared to vehicle-treated animals (55.2 +/- 3.2%). The same occurred in the animals treated iv with vehicle and icv with baclofen. Although vagotomy and baclofen reduced %GR per se, the reduction was twice more marked in the animals treated with At. The results suggest that At administered iv, but not icv, delays GE of liquid in rats with the participation, at least in part, of the vagus nerve and that this phenomenon is blocked by the activation of GABA B receptors in the central nervous system.

Effect of antipyrine on the gastric emptying of liquid in rats

Antipyrine (At) and dipyrone (Dp) delay gastric emptying (GE) in rats. The objective of the present study was to assess the effects of intravenous (iv) and intracerebroventricular (icv) administration of At and Dp on the GE of liquid by rats. GE was assessed in male Wistar rats (5-10 in each group) 10 min after the icv or iv drug injection by measuring percent gastric retention ( percentGR) of a saline test meal labeled with phenol red 10 min after administration by gavage. The At iv group was significantly higher (64.4 ± 2.6 percent) compared to control (33.4 ± 1.5 percent) but did not differ from the Dp group (54.3 ± 3.8 percent). After icv administration of At, percentGR (34.2 ± 2 percent) did not differ from control (32.6 ± 1.9 percent), but was significantly higher after Dp (54.5 ± 2.3 percent). Subdiaphragmatic vagotomy significantly reduced percentGR in the At group (30.2 ± 0.7 percent) compared to the sham group, but was significantly higher than in the controls (23.0 ± 0.5 percent). In the animals treated with At iv, baclofen significantly reduced percentGR (28.3 ± 2.4 percent) compared to vehicle-treated animals (55.2 ± 3.2 percent). The same occurred in the animals treated iv with vehicle and icv with baclofen. Although vagotomy and baclofen reduced percentGR per se, the reduction was twice more marked in the animals treated with At. The results suggest that At administered iv, but not icv, delays GE of liquid in rats with the participation, at least in part, of the vagus nerve and that this phenomenon is blocked by the activation of GABA B receptors in the central nervous system.