Japanese knotweed is a concentrated source of emodin, used as a nutritional supplement to regulate bowel motility.
Scintigraphy is a less invasive approach to the study of bowel motility than manometry.
These cereals, mushrooms, and yeast facilitate bowel motility and can be used in amelioration of intestinal problems, particularly obstipation.
Cause: decreased bowel motility secondary to elevated progesterone (normal in pregnancy), which causes the "smooth muscle" along the walls of the intestines to relax.
The effects of bile on small bowel motility were studied in isolated, perfused rabbit terminal ileum.
The test length varies from patient to patient as bowel motility is highly variable.
Therefore, it has dual mode of action which normalizes the small bowel motility.
Some experts believe that stimulant laxatives that amplify bowel motility can increase the risk for colorectal cancer, but the evidence is weak.
The additional water stimulates bowel motility.
Miosis and reduced bowel motility tend to persist; little tolerance develops to these effects.