Craveiro, JPMMendes, E. G.2014-05-202014-05-201991-01-01Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. São Paulo: Associação Bras Divulg Cientifica, v. 24, n. 8, p. 823-825, 1991.0100-879Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/35790The digestive gland of Pomacea lineata, a prosobranch gastropod mollusc inhabiting both fresh water and land, does not contain cholinomimetic compounds as do the glands of species of Aplysia, marine opisthobranch gastropods, in which both acetylcholine and urocanylcholine are present. The only pharmacological action detected for the digestive gland of Pomacea was spasmogenic activity of a crude homogenate containing 0.1 g tissue equivalents on the snail's own esophagus bathed in 10 ml of a physiological solution prepared on the basis of the animal's hemolymph composition. The spamodic activity was not blocked by atropine, bromlysergic acid diethylamide or anthazoline.823-825engPomacea lineataMOLLUSK DIGESTIVE GLANDCHOLINOMIMETIC COMPOUNDSSPASMOGENIC ACTIVITYArtigoWOS:A1991GK41800012Acesso restrito