(Capparaceae) is a plant used in African traditional medicine to treat psychiatic disorders. The aim of this study was to assess the anti-amnesic effect of aqueous lyophilisate of the root bark of () on scopolamine-induced animal model of memory impairment using Swiss albino adult mice of both sexes. Memory integrity was assessed by Morris water Maze test Novel Object Recognition (NOR) and Object-location memory (OLT) tasks were used to assess behavioural components of memory processes and learning.
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October 2023
Alchemilla kiwuensis Engl. (Rosaceae) (A. kiwuensis) is an herbaceous plant traditionally used by Cameroonians to treat epilepsy and other central nervous system disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to carry out a comparative study of the main models of chronic epilepsy induced by pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-kindling method and to assess the efficacy of sodium valproate, one of the main antiepileptics, on the best epilepsy-inducing kindling model. Two sets of 24 animals were divided into 4 groups of 6 animals and treated as follow: Set 1 included: group 1, control; group 2, the classic kindling PTZ group (UKEOD); group 3, PTZ kindling every other day group with challenge (CKEOD); group 4, PTZ kindling every day group, with challenge (CKED); Set 2 included: group 1, control; group 2, CKEOD group; group 3 and 4, receiving either valproate 200 mg/kg or valproate 300 mg/kg + CKEOD procedure. Results show that CKEOD group significantly reduced the number of injections necessary to reach the fully-kindled state, increased the severity of seizures and improved the stability of seizures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEthnopharmacology Relevance: Different parts of Malvaviscus arboreus Dill. Ex Cav. (M.
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