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. 1987 Feb;55(2):494–496. doi: 10.1128/iai.55.2.494-496.1987

Analgesic effects of N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine in decreasing the acetic acid-induced abdominal-writhing response.

T Ogawa, S Kotani
PMCID: PMC260358  PMID: 3804449

Abstract

A new pharmacological action of N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine (MDP) is described. Pretreatment of male ddY mice with MDP, but not its biologically inactive analogs, significantly decreased the frequency of acetic acid-induced writhing movements more effectively than did acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). The analgesic effect of MDP, however, was less than that of a narcotic antagonist, pentazocine.

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