ISHS Acta Horticulturae 96: II International Symposium on Spices and medicinal Plants
ACTIVITY OF SOME SPECIES BELONGING TO LABIATAE ON THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF MICE |
| Authors: | E. Rácz-Kotilla, G. Rácz, J. Józsa |
| Abstract:
50 species belonging to 27 genera were investigated. Extracts of 47 species /=94 %/ have a depressant /sedative/ activity. The highest degree of decrease in motor activity was measured in Ballota nigra L., Calamintha clinopodium Spenn., Dracocephalum grandiflorum L., Stachys germanica L., S. receta L. and S. sylvatica L. An excitant activity was observed only in 3 species /=6 %/. Sedative activity seems to be a pharmacotaxonomic character of Labiatae. | |
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