Pulmonary anti-inflammatory effects and spasmolytic properties of Costa Rican noni juice (Morinda citrifolia L.).

J Ethnopharmacol. 2016 Nov 4;192:264-272.
Pulmonary anti-inflammatory effects and spasmolytic properties of Costa Rican noni juice (Morinda citrifolia L.).
Dussossoy E, Bichon F, Bony E, Portet K, Brat P, Vaillant F, Michel A, Poucheret P.

Noni juice reduced the number of inflammatory cells in the lungs of OVA-sensitized rats. It also had a dose-dependent nitric oxide scavenging effect and inhibited (up to 90%) calcium and cholinergic induced spasms of jejunum segments. Noni juice demonstrated chronic anti-inflammatory activity in sensitized lungs as well as a spasmolytic effect involving calcium channel blocker activity. (original abstract available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27451258).