TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sedative and Anticonvulsant Properties of the Decoction 
of Balanites aegyptiaca (Balanitaceae)
AU - , Elisabeth Ngo Bum AU - , Neteydji Sidiki AU - , Taiwe AU - , Paul Fasutin Seke Etet AU - , Frededic Maidawa AU - , Silvere Vincent Rakotonirina AU - , Alice Rakotonirina 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
SP  - 34
EP  - 38
PY  - 2005
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2005.34.38
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2005.34.38
KW  - 
AB  - 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.
ER  -