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The Anticonvulsant Effect of Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract of Calotropis procera (Ait) R. Br. (Apocynaceae)

A number of currently used drugs have been obtained from medicinal plants which are a major source of drugs. These drugs are either used in their pure form or modified to a semisynthetic drug. Drug discovery through natural product research has been fruitful over the years. Traditionally, Calotropis...

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Autores principales: Obese, Ernest, Biney, Robert Peter, Henneh, Isaac Tabiri, Adakudugu, Emmanuel Awintiig, Anokwah, Daniel, Agyemang, Lovia Serwaa, Woode, Eric, Ameyaw, Elvis Ofori
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8257368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34257639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5566890
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author Obese, Ernest
Biney, Robert Peter
Henneh, Isaac Tabiri
Adakudugu, Emmanuel Awintiig
Anokwah, Daniel
Agyemang, Lovia Serwaa
Woode, Eric
Ameyaw, Elvis Ofori
author_facet Obese, Ernest
Biney, Robert Peter
Henneh, Isaac Tabiri
Adakudugu, Emmanuel Awintiig
Anokwah, Daniel
Agyemang, Lovia Serwaa
Woode, Eric
Ameyaw, Elvis Ofori
author_sort Obese, Ernest
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description A number of currently used drugs have been obtained from medicinal plants which are a major source of drugs. These drugs are either used in their pure form or modified to a semisynthetic drug. Drug discovery through natural product research has been fruitful over the years. Traditionally, Calotropis procera is used extensively in the management of epilepsy. This study is conducted to explore the anticonvulsant effect of a hydroethanolic leaf extract of Calotropis procera (CPE) in murine models. This effect was evaluated using picrotoxin-induced convulsions, strychnine-induced convulsions, and isoniazid- and pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus in mice of both sexes. The results showed that CPE (100-300 mg/kg) exhibited an anticonvulsant effect against strychnine-induced clonic seizures by significantly reducing the duration (p = 0.0068) and frequency (p = 0.0016) of convulsions. The extract (100-300 mg/kg) caused a profound dose-dependent delay in the onset of clonic convulsions induced by picrotoxin (p < 0.0001) and tonic convulsions (p < 0.0001) in mice. The duration of convulsions was reduced significantly also for both clonic and tonic (p < 0.0001) seizures as well. CPE (100-300 mg/kg), showed a profound anticonvulsant effect and reduced mortality in the pilocarpine-induced convulsions. ED(50) (~0.1007) determined demonstrated that the extract was less potent than diazepam in reducing the duration and onset of convulsions but had comparable efficacies. Flumazenil—a GABA(A) receptor antagonist—did not reverse the onset or duration of convulsions produced by the extract in the picrotoxin-induced seizure model. In isoniazid-induced seizure, CPE (300 mg kg(1), p.o.) significantly (p < 0.001) delayed the onset of seizure in mice and prolonged latency to death in animals. Overall, the hydroethanolic leaf extract of Calotropis procera possesses anticonvulsant properties.
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spelling pubmed-82573682021-07-12 The Anticonvulsant Effect of Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract of Calotropis procera (Ait) R. Br. (Apocynaceae) Obese, Ernest Biney, Robert Peter Henneh, Isaac Tabiri Adakudugu, Emmanuel Awintiig Anokwah, Daniel Agyemang, Lovia Serwaa Woode, Eric Ameyaw, Elvis Ofori Neural Plast Research Article A number of currently used drugs have been obtained from medicinal plants which are a major source of drugs. These drugs are either used in their pure form or modified to a semisynthetic drug. Drug discovery through natural product research has been fruitful over the years. Traditionally, Calotropis procera is used extensively in the management of epilepsy. This study is conducted to explore the anticonvulsant effect of a hydroethanolic leaf extract of Calotropis procera (CPE) in murine models. This effect was evaluated using picrotoxin-induced convulsions, strychnine-induced convulsions, and isoniazid- and pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus in mice of both sexes. The results showed that CPE (100-300 mg/kg) exhibited an anticonvulsant effect against strychnine-induced clonic seizures by significantly reducing the duration (p = 0.0068) and frequency (p = 0.0016) of convulsions. The extract (100-300 mg/kg) caused a profound dose-dependent delay in the onset of clonic convulsions induced by picrotoxin (p < 0.0001) and tonic convulsions (p < 0.0001) in mice. The duration of convulsions was reduced significantly also for both clonic and tonic (p < 0.0001) seizures as well. CPE (100-300 mg/kg), showed a profound anticonvulsant effect and reduced mortality in the pilocarpine-induced convulsions. ED(50) (~0.1007) determined demonstrated that the extract was less potent than diazepam in reducing the duration and onset of convulsions but had comparable efficacies. Flumazenil—a GABA(A) receptor antagonist—did not reverse the onset or duration of convulsions produced by the extract in the picrotoxin-induced seizure model. In isoniazid-induced seizure, CPE (300 mg kg(1), p.o.) significantly (p < 0.001) delayed the onset of seizure in mice and prolonged latency to death in animals. Overall, the hydroethanolic leaf extract of Calotropis procera possesses anticonvulsant properties. Hindawi 2021-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8257368/ /pubmed/34257639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5566890 Text en Copyright © 2021 Ernest Obese et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Obese, Ernest
Biney, Robert Peter
Henneh, Isaac Tabiri
Adakudugu, Emmanuel Awintiig
Anokwah, Daniel
Agyemang, Lovia Serwaa
Woode, Eric
Ameyaw, Elvis Ofori
The Anticonvulsant Effect of Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract of Calotropis procera (Ait) R. Br. (Apocynaceae)
title The Anticonvulsant Effect of Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract of Calotropis procera (Ait) R. Br. (Apocynaceae)
title_full The Anticonvulsant Effect of Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract of Calotropis procera (Ait) R. Br. (Apocynaceae)
title_fullStr The Anticonvulsant Effect of Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract of Calotropis procera (Ait) R. Br. (Apocynaceae)
title_full_unstemmed The Anticonvulsant Effect of Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract of Calotropis procera (Ait) R. Br. (Apocynaceae)
title_short The Anticonvulsant Effect of Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract of Calotropis procera (Ait) R. Br. (Apocynaceae)
title_sort anticonvulsant effect of hydroethanolic leaf extract of calotropis procera (ait) r. br. (apocynaceae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8257368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34257639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5566890
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