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Screening of Bangladeshi medicinal plants for their effects on pentobarbital-induced sleeping time in mice
Se analiz贸 la actividad en el sistema nervioso central de los extractos acuosos de cuarenta plantas medicinales de
Bangladesh mediante el estudio de la duraci贸n del sue帽o inducido por pentobarbital. Doce de las plantas mostraron
un aumento signifi cativo de la duraci贸n del sue帽o, mientras que seis mostraron una disminuci贸n signifi cativa. Woodfordia fruticosa y Uraria lagopodioides presentaron un mayor efecto depresor que el diazepam.Aqueous extracts of forty medicinal plants of Bangladesh have been screened for central nervous system activity by
pentobarbital-induced sleeping time test. While twelve plants showed signifi cant increase in sleeping time, six plants
showed signifi cant decrease. Woodfordia fruticosa and Uraria lagopodioides exhibited a better depressant effect than
diazepam