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Table 1 Effects of IGEFA or diazepam on bicuculline-induced motor seizures in mice

From: Anticonvulsant effects of iridoid glycosides fraction purified from Feretia apodanthera Del. (Rubiaceae) in experimental mice models of generalized tonic-clonic seizures

Treatments

Dose (mg/kg)

Behavioural seizures

Mortality

  

Onset (min)

Duration (min)

Number of motor seizures

 
  

Tonus

Clonus

Tonus

Clonus

  

Vehicle + Saline

– + –

–

–

–

–

–

–

Vehicle + Bic

– + 2.7

2.35 ± 0.21

6.15 ± 1.12

5.32 ± 1.47

69.32 ± 1.38

24.16 ± 1.14

8/8

IGEFA + Bic

15 + 2.7

4.12 ± 0.27

11.16 ± 1.13

4.21 ± 1.15

19.12 ± 1.54*

14.57 ± 1.26

1/8***

IGEFA + Bic

30 + 2.7

6.15 ± 1.26*

13.53 ± 1.04*

3.49 ± 1.26

16.35 ± 1.29*

12.32 ± 1.39*

1/8***

IGEFA + Bic

60 + 2.7

7.21 ± 1.23*

16.17 ± 1.18*

3.15 ± 1.13

12.49 ± 1.17*

11.49 ± 1.81*

0/8***

IGEFA + Bic

90 + 2.7

7.49 ± 1.49*

18.32 ± 1.36*

2.34 ± 1.52*

11.26 ± 1.27**

11.52 ± 1.16*

0/8***

Diazepam + Bic

5 + 2.7

8.27 ± 1.28**

21.42 ± 2.19**

1.26 ± 1.24*

11.32 ± 1.45**

10.26 ± 1.28*

0/8***

  1. Results are expressed as mean ± S.E.M., for 8 animals, bicuculline (2.7 mg/kg; s.c.) was injected intraperitonealy in mice
  2. Bic bicuculline, IGEFA iridoid glycosides extracts of Feretia apodenthera
  3. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 significantly different compared to the vehicle, data were analysed by two-way ANOVA, followed by Newman-Keuls post hoc test