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Anticonvulsant activity of Mimosa pudica decoction
E Ngo Bum1, D L Dawack, M Schmutz
1Département des Sciences Biologiques, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Ngaoundéré B.P. 454 Ngaoundéré, BP, Cameroon. eli_bum@yahoo.fr
Fitoterapia
|May 26, 2004
Abstract:
The decoction of Mimosa pudica leaves given intraperitoneally at dose of 1000-4000 mg/kg protected mice against pentylentetrazol and strychnine-induced seizures. M. pudica had no effect against picrotoxin-induced seizures It also antagonized N-methyl-D-aspartate- induced turning behavior. These properties could explain its use in African traditional medicine.