Hypnotic, anticonvulsant and muscle relaxant effects of Rubus brasiliensis. Involvement of GABA(A)-system
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2000-06-01
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Nogueira, E.
Vassilieff, V. S.
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Elsevier B.V.
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Rubus brasiliensis hexanic fraction induced anxiolysis in rodents, which was reversed by flumazenil, a specific GABA(A)-benzodiazepine receptor antagonist (Nogueira et al., 1998a,b). Then, we investigated if this hexanic fraction was able to induce hypnotic, anticonvulsant and muscle relaxant effects, and the involvement of GABA(A)-system. The hexanic fraction (50, 100, 150 and 300 mg/kg, vo) was administered to male Swiss mice, 30 min before the tests. Only the dose of 300 mg/kg of this fraction decreased the latency and increased sleeping time in the barbituric-hypnosis test (sodium pentobarbital, 30 mg/kg, ip), prevented the pentylenetetrazol seizures (70 mg/kg, ip) and induced muscle relaxant (inclined plane) in 100% of animals. These effects were reversed by flumazenil (3 mg/kg, ip). In conclusion: (1) R. brasiliensis hexanic fraction induced hypnotic, anticonvulsant and muscle relaxant effects, in mice, and the GABA(A)-benzodiazepine receptor may play an important role in the effects of this fraction; (2) it is strongly suggested that this fraction contains a benzodiazepine-like principle. (C) 2000 Elsevier B.V. Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Rubus brasiliensis, hexanic fraction, benzodiazepine-like principle, hypnosis, anticonvulsant, muscle relaxation
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Journal of Ethnopharmacology. Oxford: Elsevier B.V., v. 70, n. 3, p. 275-280, 2000.