Bioka D, Abena A
l'Université Marien Ngouabi, Faculté des Sciences et du Laboratoire de Physiologie et de Pharmacognos, Brazzaville, République Populaire du Congo.
Encephale. 1990 May-Jun;16(3):205-8.
Piper umbellatum is a plant currently utilized in traditional medicine as a sedative. Administered to rats by intraperitoneal injection, an aqueous extract of this plant brings about an ataxia with a decrease in the animal's watchfulness which lasts about 48 hours. Are also concomitant to this decrease in watchfulness, a fall of the rectal temperature, a decrease of spontaneous motor activity as well as an increase of analgesic activity.
伞形胡椒是一种目前在传统医学中用作镇静剂的植物。通过腹腔注射给予大鼠后，这种植物的水提取物会导致共济失调，动物的警觉性降低，持续约48小时。与这种警觉性降低同时出现的还有直肠温度下降、自发运动活动减少以及镇痛活性增加。
