The effect of hypotensive drugs (Serpasil) on the histochemical reactions in the small intestine of white rats.

Abstract

The influence of Serpasil (Ciba) on histological activities of dehydrogenases and reductases as well as on PAS-positive substances in the small intestine of white rats has been studied. It has been demonstrated that a decrease in the succinic, lactic and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activities as well as in the NADH and NADPH tetrazole reductase activities occurs in the rat's small intestine epithelial cells after the administration of Serpasil. However, a considerable intensification in the reactions to PAS-positive substances in the mucous cells and an increase in the amount of these cells has been observed.