Screening of Bangladeshi medicinal plants for their effects on pentobarbital-induced sleeping time in mice

Authors

  • TK CHAKMA Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
  • MTH KHAN Department of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • T RAHMAN Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
  • MSK CHOUDHURI Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
  • S RAJIA Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
  • M ALAMGIR Pharmacy Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh

Keywords:

Bangladesh, Central nervous system, Medicinal plant, Pentobarbital sleeping time

Abstract

Aqueous extracts of forty medicinal plants of Bangladesh have been screened for central nervous system activity bypentobarbital-induced sleeping time test. While twelve plants showed signifi cant increase in sleeping time, six plantsshowed signifi cant decrease. Woodfordia fruticosa and Uraria lagopodioides exhibited a better depressant effect thandiazepam.

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2006-06-20

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CHAKMA T, KHAN M, RAHMAN T, CHOUDHURI M, RAJIA S, ALAMGIR M. Screening of Bangladeshi medicinal plants for their effects on pentobarbital-induced sleeping time in mice. Ars Pharm [Internet]. 2006 Jun. 20 [cited 2024 Aug. 24];47(2):211-7. Available from: https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/ars/article/view/5025

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Vol. 47 No. 2 (2006)

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