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The traditional Japanese phytomedicine rikkunshito is traditionally used for the treatment of gastrointestinal motility disorders, cachexia and nausea. These effects indicate 5-HT 3  receptor antagonism, due to the involvement of these receptors in such pathophysiological processes. E.g., setrons, specific 5-HT 3  receptor antagonists are the strongest antiemetics, developed so far. Therefore, the antagonistic effects of the eight rikkunshito constituents at heterologously expressed 5-HT 3A receptors were analyzed using the two-electrode voltage-clamp technique. The results indicate that tinctures from  Aurantii ,  Ginseng ,  Zingiberis ,  Atractylodis  and  Glycyrrhiza  inhibited the 5-HT 3A  receptor response, whereas the tinctures of  Poria cocos ,  Jujubae  and  Pinellia  exhibited no effect. Surprisingly, the strongest antagonism was found for  Glycyrrhiza , whereas the  Zingiberis  tincture, which is considered to be primarily responsible for the effect of rikkunshito, exhibited the weakest antagonism of 5-HT 3A  receptors. Rikkunshito contains various vanilloids, ginsenosides and flavonoids, a portion of which show an antagonistic effect on 5-HT 3  receptors. A screening of the established ingredients of the active rikkunshito constituents and related substances lead to the identification of new antagonists within the class of flavonoids. The flavonoids (-)-liquiritigenin, glabridin and licochalcone A from  Glycyrrhiza  species were found to be the most effective inhibitors of the 5-HT-induced currents in the screening. The flavonoids (-)-liquiritigenin and hesperetin from  Aurantii  inhibited the receptor response in a non-competitive manner, whereas glabridin and licochalcone A exhibited a potential competitive antagonism. Furthermore, licochalcone A acts as a partial antagonist of 5-HT 3A  receptors. Thus, this study reveals new 5-HT 3A  receptor antagonists with the aid of increasing the comprehension of the complex effects of rikkunshito.

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Identification of Glycyrrhiza as the rikkunshito constituent with the highest antagonistic potential on heterologously expressed 5-HT3A receptors due to the action of flavonoids