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ArticleJournal of Zhejiang University. Science. B2006

Effects of levobupivacaine and bupivacaine on rat myometrium.

Zi-gang Li, Liang Zhou, Hui-fang Tang

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Article in Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zi-gang LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China.
Liang Zhou
Hui-fang Tang
Zhejiang University · CNZheJiang Institute For Food and Drug Control · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo study the effect of levobupivacaine and bupivacaine on the contractility of isolated uterine muscle strips from pregnant and non-pregnant female rats.

methodsFull-thick myometrial strips were prepared from 18- to 21-day pregnant (n=8) and non-pregnant rats (n=7). After contractions became regular, strips were exposed to cumulative concentrations of the two drugs from 10(-8) to 10(-4) mol/L, amplitude and frequency of the uterine contraction was recorded.

resultsTwo local anesthetics caused a concentration dependent inhibition on contractility of myometrial strips from pregnant and non-pregnant rats. In the myometrium from non-pregnant rats, -logIC(50) of levobupivacaine and bupivacaine were 4.85 and 4.25 respectively. In the myometrium from pregnant rats, similar concentrations of levobupivacaine and bupivacaine were observed, -logIC(50) were 2.7 and 2.9 respectively. Levobupivacaine produced an increase in amplitude of contractions, while bupivacaine showed an increased trend in frequency.

conclusionThese results demonstrate that levobupivacaine and bupivacaine may inhibit myometrium contractility. The inhibitory effect of levobupivacaine or bupivacaine is not enhanced by gestation in rat. Levobupivacaine may have more positive influence than bupivacaine in pregnant myometrium.

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Anesthetics, LocalAnimalsBupivacaineDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleIn Vitro TechniquesLevobupivacainePregnancyRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyUterine ContractionAnesthetics, LocalBupivacaineLevobupivacaine

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PMID16909479
PMCPMC1559790
OpenAlexW2090455919

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