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SUBMITTER: Narita T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6713442 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Narita Takanori T Qi Bing B Murakami Masataka M Sugiya Hiroshi H
PloS one 20190828 8
Pilocarpine is an M3 muscarinic agonist that is widely used for the treatment of xerostomia caused by various diseases and medical conditions. Pilocarpine induced the secretion of salivary fluid in perfused submandibular glands of rats. The secretion of salivary fluid observed after removal of pilocarpine was referred to as residual fluid secretion. The volume of fluid and time of the residual secretion depended on the dose of pilocarpine. Such a residual effect of pilocarpine was observed on fl ...[more]