evaluation of the effect of jobelyn® on chemoconvulsants- induced seizure in mice

نویسندگان

solomon umukoro

itivere adrian omogbiya

anthony taghogho eduviere

چکیده

introduction: epilepsy is a common central nervous system (cns) disorder characterized by seizures resulting from episodic neuronal discharges. the incidence of toxicity and refractoriness has compromised the clinical efficacy of the drugs currently used for the treatment of convulsions. thus, there is a need to search for new medicines from plant origin that are readily available and safer for the control of seizures. jobelyn® (jb) is a unique african polyherbal preparation used by the natives to treat seizures in children. this investigation was carried out to evaluate whether jb has anti-seizure property in mice. methods: the animals received jb (5, 10 and 20 mg/kg, p.o) 30 min before induction of convulsions with intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of picrotoxin (6 mg/kg), strychnine (2 mg/ kg) and pentylenetetrazole (85 mg/kg) respectively. diazepam (2 mg/kg, p.o.) was used as the reference drug. anti-seizure activities were assessed based on the ability of test drugs to prevent convulsions, death or to delay the onset of seizures in mice. results: jb (5, 10 and 20 mg/kg, p.o) could only delay the onset of seizures induced by pentylenetetrazole (85 mg/kg, i.p.) in mice. however, it did not offer any protection against seizure episodes, as it failed to prevent the animals, from exhibiting tonic-clonic convulsions caused by pentylenetetrazole (85 mg/kg, i.p.), strychnine (2 mg/kg) or picrotoxin (6 mg/kg, i.p.). on the other hand, diazepam (2 mg/kg, p.o.), offered 100% protection against convulsive seizures, induced by pentylenetetrazole (85 mg/kg, i.p.). however, it failed to prevent seizures produced by strychnine (2 mg/kg, i.p.) or picrotoxin (6 mg/kg, i.p.). discussion: our results suggest that jb could not prevent the examined chemoconvulsants-induced convulsions. however, its ability to delay the latency to seizures induced by pentylenetetrazole suggests that jb might be effective in the control of the seizure spread in epileptic brains.

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basic and clinical neuroscience

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