Department of Physiology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
Plant Signal Behav. 2012 Sep 1;7(9):1163-7. doi: 10.4161/psb.21000. Epub 2012 Aug 17.
Some studies showed that anesthetics reduce the response of physical stimuli in Mimosa pudica and in Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), peculiar plants that have the ability to respond to touch stimuli. In this research we tested the effects of ketamine, lidocaine, diethyl ether, and amlodipine on the movements of Mimosa pudica and Venus Flytrap. With a literature review, we tried to bring elements to theorize about the interaction of these substances with these plants. The angular displacement in Mimosa´s petiole and in Dionaea leaves is what was measured to compare the drugs group with control groups.
一些研究表明,麻醉剂会降低含羞草和捕蝇草(维纳斯捕蝇草)对物理刺激的反应,这两种特殊的植物都具有对触摸刺激做出反应的能力。在这项研究中,我们测试了氯胺酮、利多卡因、二乙醚和氨氯地平对含羞草和捕蝇草运动的影响。通过文献回顾,我们试图引入一些元素来从理论上解释这些物质与这些植物的相互作用。测量了含羞草叶柄和维纳斯捕蝇草叶片的角位移,以比较药物组与对照组。