USE OF SIDERITIS GENUS PLANTS AND EXTRACTS THEREOF FOR TREATING ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY SYNDROME

摘要

Use of Sideritisplants, parts of these plants, extracts from this plants and/or plant parts for the manufacture of a drug for treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome. ACTIVITY : Nootropic; Tranquilizer. MECHANISM OF ACTION : Noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor; Dopamine reuptake inhibitors. The ability of the extract to inhibit dopamine reuptake was tested on rat brain homogenate, where the results were compared with methylphenidate which showed the EC50 value of 0.9 mu M.