| Literature DB >> 15234751 |
Jofrid Risa1, Anlaug Risa, Anne Adsersen, Bente Gauguin, Gary I Stafford, Johannes van Staden, Anna K Jäger.
Abstract
A number of plants are traditionally used to treat mental diseases in South Africa. Aqueous and ethanol extracts of 43 plants that are traditionally used to treat against epilepsy and convulsions, were tested in the GABAA-benzodiazepine receptor binding assay, where the binding of 3H-Ro 15-1788 (flumazenil) to the benzodiazepine site is measured. The GABAA-benzodiazepine receptor complex is involved in epilepsy and convulsions. Out of the 118 extracts tested, one aqueous and 18 ethanol extracts showed activity. The most active extracts were the ethanolic leaf extracts of Rhus tridentata, Rhus rehmanniana and Hoslundia opposita and the ethanolic corm extract of Hypoxis colchicifolia, which all showed good dose-dependent activity.Entities:
Mesh：
Substances：
Year: 2004 PMID： 15234751 DOI： 10.1016/j.jep.2004.01.021
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Ethnopharmacol ISSN： 0378-8741 Impact factor: 4.360