Okoli C O, Ezike A C, Agwagah O C, Akah P A
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka - 410 001, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Pharmacognosy Res. 2010 Jan;2(1):36-40. doi: 10.4103/0974-8490.60580.
Anticonvulsant and anxiolytic activities of leaf extracts and fraction of Ocimum gratissimum L. (Lamiaceae) were studied using seizures induced by pentylenetetrazol and open-field tests in mice. The results showed that the extracts and fraction increased the latency of tonic and tonic-clonic seizures and death and elicited 50% protection against mortality. In the open-field test, the extracts and fraction decreased the frequency of line crossing, center square entries, rearing against a wall and grooming, whereas grooming duration and freezing frequency and duration were increased. Acute toxicity test in mice gave an oral LD(50) greater than 5000 mg/kg for the methanol extract. These findings suggest that extracts of this plant possess anticonvulsant and anxiolytic-like properties.
采用戊四氮诱导的惊厥模型和小鼠旷场试验,研究了唇形科植物丁香罗勒叶提取物及其馏分的抗惊厥和抗焦虑活性。结果表明,提取物及其馏分可延长强直性和强直阵挛性惊厥发作的潜伏期及死亡时间,并对死亡率有50%的保护作用。在旷场试验中,提取物及其馏分可减少小鼠穿越格子数、进入中央格数、靠墙站立次数和理毛次数,同时增加理毛持续时间、静止频率和静止持续时间。小鼠急性毒性试验表明,甲醇提取物的经口半数致死量(LD50)大于5000 mg/kg。这些结果表明,该植物提取物具有抗惊厥和抗焦虑样特性。