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Evaluation of CNS activities of ethanol extract of roots and rhizomes of Cyperus rotundus in mice.

Abstract
The ethanol extract of Cyperus rotundus (EECR) was tested for possible pharmacological effects on experimental animals. EECR significantly potentiated the sleeping time of mice induced by standard hypnotics, viz. pentobarbitone sodium, diazepam, and meprobamate in a dose dependent manner. EECR showed significant analgesic properties as evidenced by the significant reduction in the number of writhes and stretches induced in mice by 1.2% acetic acid solution. It also potentiated analgesia induced by morphine and pethidine in mice. Pretreatment with EECR caused significant protection against strychnine and leptazol-induced convulsions. The behavioral studies on mice indicate CNS depressant activity of the ethanol extract of C. rotundus.
AuthorsDilipkumar Pal, Santanu Dutta, Abhijit Sarkar
JournalActa poloniae pharmaceutica (Acta Pol Pharm) Vol. 66 Issue 5 Pg. 535-41 ( 2009) ISSN: 0001-6837 [Print] Poland
PMID19894649 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Analgesics
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Central Nervous System Depressants
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives
  • Plant Extracts
Topics
  • Analgesics (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
  • Animals
  • Anticonvulsants (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
  • Behavior, Animal (drug effects)
  • Central Nervous System Depressants (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
  • Cyperus (chemistry)
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Synergism
  • Female
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
  • Male
  • Medicine, Traditional
  • Mice
  • Plant Extracts (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
  • Plant Roots
  • Rhizome
  • Seizures (prevention & control)

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