Moshi Mainen J, Mbwambo Zakaria H, Nondo Ramadhani S O, Masimba Pax J, Kapingu Modest C, Magelewanya Edward S
Institute of Traditional Medicine, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, P.O.Box 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. 2006 Nov 13;4(2):226-30.
Diospyros fischeri Gurke (Ebenaceae) is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of epilepsy. Dichloromethane, ethylacetate, and ethanol extracts of the roots, at doses between 100 and 1600 mg/kg BW, inhibited convulsions induced by the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAa) receptor antagonist, pentylenetetrazole (PTZ), in a dose dependent manner. The extracts also exhibited low toxicity against brine shrimps giving LC(50) values between 45.4 and 95.4 microg/ml. These results provide evidence for the potential of D. fischeri extracts to treat absence seizures, especially given their seemingly innocuous nature.
柿属植物费氏柿(柿科)在传统医学中用于治疗癫痫。根部的二氯甲烷、乙酸乙酯和乙醇提取物,剂量在100至1600毫克/千克体重之间,以剂量依赖性方式抑制由A型γ-氨基丁酸(GABAa)受体拮抗剂戊四氮(PTZ)诱发的惊厥。这些提取物对卤虫也表现出低毒性,LC(50)值在45.4至95.4微克/毫升之间。这些结果为费氏柿提取物治疗失神性癫痫的潜力提供了证据,特别是考虑到它们看似无害的性质。