Publications

Authors:

Magnani, Paolo; Conforti, Anita; Zanolin, Maria Elisabetta; Marzotto, Marta; Bellavite, Paolo

Title:

Dose-effect study of Gelsemium sempervirens in high dilutions on anxiety-related responses in mice

Year:

2010

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

Psychopharmacology

ISSN of journal:

0033-3158

N° Volume:

210

Number or Folder:

4

Page numbers:

533-545

Keyword:

Gelsemium sempervirens; Animal models of anxiety; Open-field test; Light–dark test; Ultra-low doses; Complementary medicine; Gelsemine; Nanopharmacology

Short description of contents:

Introduction This study was designed to investigate the putative anxiolytic-like activity of ultra-low doses of Gelsemium sempervirens (G. sempervirens), produced according to the homeopathic pharmacopeia. Methods Five different centesimal (C) dilutions of G. sempervirens (4C, 5C, 7C, 9C and 30C), the drug buspirone (5 mg/kg) and solvent vehicle were delivered intraperitoneally to groups of ICR-CD1 mice over a period of 9 days. The behavioral effects were assessed in the open-field (OF) and light–dark (LD) tests in blind and randomized fashion. Results Most G. sempervirens dilutions did not affect the total distance traveled in the OF (only the 5C had an almost significant stimulatory effect on this parameter), indicating that the medicine caused no sedation effects or unspecific changes in locomotor activity. In the same test, buspirone induced a slight but statistically significant decrease in locomotion. G. sempervirens showed little stimulatory activity on the time spent and distance traveled in the central zone of the OF, but this effect was not statistically significant. In the LD test, G. sempervirens increased the % time spent in the light compartment, an indicator of anxiolytic-like activity, with a statistically significant effect using the 5C, 9C and 30C dilutions. These effects were comparable to those of buspirone. The number of transitions between the compartments of the LD test markedly increased with G. sempervirens 5C, 9C and 30C dilutions. Conclusion The overall pattern of results provides evidence that G. sempervirens acts on the emotional reactivity of mice, and that its anxiolytic-like effects are apparent, with a non-linear relationship, even at high dilutions.

Product ID:

55707

Handle IRIS:

11562/341737

Deposited On:

June 21, 2010

Last Modified:

November 15, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Magnani, Paolo; Conforti, Anita; Zanolin, Maria Elisabetta; Marzotto, Marta; Bellavite, Paolo, Dose-effect study of Gelsemium sempervirens in high dilutions on anxiety-related responses in mice «Psychopharmacology» , vol. 210 , n. 4 , 2010 , pp. 533-545

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