Elisabeth Ngo Bum  , Neteydji Sidiki  , Taiwe  , Paul Fasutin Seke Etet  , Frededic Maidawa  , Silvere Vincent Rakotonirina  , Alice Rakotonirina  , 
    Sedative and Anticonvulsant Properties of the Decoction 
of Balanites aegyptiaca (Balanitaceae),
    Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances,
    Volume 4,Issue 1,
    2005,
    Pages 34-38,
    ISSN 1680-5593,
    javaa.2005.34.38,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2005.34.38)
    Abstract: The decoction of Balanites aegyptiaca, a plant used in traditional medicine in Africa for many diseases, possesses anticonvulsant and sedative activity in mice. This decoction protected mice against strychnine- and pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures. But Balanites aegyptiaca decoction had no effect against picrotoxin-induced seizures. In the other side, the decoction of Balanites aegyptiaca potentiated sleep-induced by diazepam. The total sleep time of the control group was multiply by 4 in the presence of the decoction at a dose of 1000 mg /kg (from 12 to 59 min). With these effects, the decoction of Balanites aegyptiaca L. seem to posses sedative and anticonvulsant properties that might explain its use as a traditional medicine for epilepsy in Africa.
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