The influence of minerals: magnesium supplementation in bronchial asthma.(Nutritional Influences on Illness)

From: Townsend Letter | Date: May 1, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

Magnesium is well known for its ability to relieve muscle spasm, and its effect on the smooth muscle of the bronchial wall is no exception. When supplied by inhalation to the respiratory trees of asthmatics in remission, magnesium reduces the ability of both histamine (1) and methacholine (2) to produce bronchospasm, suggesting that it protects against various agents that may provoke spasm of the bronchial musculature. Moreover, prostanoids, which stimulate mucus secretion and bronchial smooth muscle contraction, are magnesium-dependent, and rats made magnesium-deficient have been ...

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