Abstract-The suppression of spontaneous Ca 21 spikes and isometric contractions by gingerols and their chemically related compounds was examined using the single sucrose gap method.Most of the congeners tested suppressed spontaneous con traction, which was not necessarily accompanied by the suppression of Ca2+ spikes.
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