The effects of hydro-alcoholic extract of Coriandrum sativum on anxiety reaction in Mice

In recently, many studies tried that fine medicinal plant that may be useful in treatment of psychological diseases. Coriandrum sativum (CS) overgrows in the different parts of Iran. In this study we investigated the effects of hydro-alcoholic extract of Coriandrum sativum on anxiety reaction in Mice. In this study, fourty male mice (25-30 gr) in elevated plus maze model were used. Different doses of the extract of CS (100, 250 and 500 mg/kg IP) were injected to the separated groups of three (test group) and vehicle were injected to control group the same volum. At the first time for increasing activity animals have put inside the black wall box for 5 min. Then animal transfer to the elevated plus maze and evaluation their anxiety reaction that including of number intrances to open arm and percent of time spent in open arm. Results indicated that injection of extract of CS in dose dependently reduced of reaction anxiety and with compare to control group in the test group animals have more number of entrances and spent more percent time in open arm (P