B. M. Aji
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, P. M. B. 1069, Borno State, Nigeria.
K. D. Effraim
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, P. M. B. 1069, Borno State, Nigeria.
P. A. Onyeyili
Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
The acute toxicity and the effect of Mitragyna africanus stembark extract of methanol (CH3OH) on stress were investigated in rats, using its effect on pentyleneterazole induced convulsions and its muscle relaxant effect. The extract did not produce any death in the treated rats even at the highest dose (6400mg kg-1) used. It did not protect rats treated with convulsive doses of pentylenetetrazol (100mg kg-1) but increased the period of onset of convulsions and decreased the number of spasms. It also showed significant (p<0.05) muscle relaxant effect
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B. M. Aji, K. D. Effraim and P. A. Onyeyili, 2001. Anti-stress Activity of Mitragyna africanus (Willd), Stembark Extract. Journal of Medical Sciences, 1: 105-107.
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2001.105.107
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jms.2001.105.107
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2001.105.107
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jms.2001.105.107
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