Antinociceptive Activity of the Chloroform Fraction of Dioclea virgata (Rich.) Amshoff (Fabaceae) in Mice

Acute treatment with the chloroform fraction of Dioclea virgata (Rich.) Amshoff (CFDv) in mice produced decreased ambulation and sedation in the behavioral pharmacological screening. Doses of 125 and 250 mg/kg CFDv decreased latency of sleep onset in the test of sleeping time potentiation. In the op...

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Main Authors: Vanine Gomes Mota, Fabíola Lélis de Carvalho, Liana Clébia Soares Lima de Morais, Jnanabrata Bhattacharyya, Reinaldo Nóbrega de Almeida, Jacicarlos Lima de Alencar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/342816