Anticonvulsant Activity of Otostegia persica (Burm.) Boiss

摘要

Investigation of the anticonvulsant activity Otostegia persica. The anticonvulsant activity of O. persica total extract was assessed in pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced convulsion in mice, with Diazepam as standard drug. While mechanistic studies wereconducted using flumazenil, a GABAA-benzodiazepine receptorcomplex site antagonist, the extractproduced protectionagainst convulsion at800mg/kg, compared with protection with benzodiazepine.The mean onset and percentage protection against convulsion inextract-treated mice werereduced by flumazenil. These results suggest that O. pesica extractpossesses biologically active constituent(s) that haveanticonvulsant activity which supports the ethnomedicinal claims of the use of the plant in the management of seizure.