In vivo antinociceptive and muscle relaxant activity of leaf and bark of Buddleja asiatica L

Pak J Pharm Sci. 2016 Sep;29(5):1509-1512.

Abstract

The current study was designed to assess the antinociceptive and skeleton muscle relaxant effect of leaves and barks of Buddleja asiatica in animal models. In acetic acid induced writhing test, pretreatment of ethanolic extract of leaves and barks evoked marked dose dependent antinociceptive effect with maximum of 70% and 67% pain relief at 300mg/kg i.p. respectively. In chimney test, the ethanolic extract of leaves and barks evoked maximum of 66.66% and 53.33% muscle relaxant effect after 90min of treatment at 300mg/kg i.p respectively. In traction test, the ethanolic extract of leaves and barks caused maximum of 60% and 73.33% muscle relaxant effect after 90min of treatment at 300mg/kg i.p respectively. In short, both leaves and barks demonstrated profound antinociceptive and skeleton muscle relaxant effects and thus the study provided natural healing agents for the treatment of said disorders.

MeSH terms

  • Acetic Acid
  • Analgesics / isolation & purification
  • Analgesics / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Buddleja / chemistry
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Ethanol / chemistry
  • Female
  • Male
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Muscle Relaxation / drug effects*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / drug effects*
  • Neuromuscular Agents / isolation & purification
  • Neuromuscular Agents / pharmacology*
  • Nociceptive Pain / chemically induced
  • Nociceptive Pain / prevention & control*
  • Phytotherapy
  • Plant Bark
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Leaves
  • Plants, Medicinal
  • Solvents / chemistry
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Neuromuscular Agents
  • Plant Extracts
  • Solvents
  • Ethanol
  • Acetic Acid