Experiment 570057

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeIP
OrganismPanax ginseng (ARALIACEAE)
CitationKIM,HS: ANN,SH: SEONG,YH: KIM,SH: OH,KW:. (1992). EFFECTS OF GINSENG TOTAL SAPONINS ON THE ANALGESIA AND TOLERANCE DEVELOPMENT OF PENTAZOCINE.. 16(2)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseTHIS STUDY EXAMINED THE INFLUENCE OF GINSENG TOTAL SAPONINS (GTS) ON THE ANALGESIC ACTION AND TOLERANCE DEVELOPMENT OF PENTAZOCINE IN MICE. PENTAZOCINE PROLONGED THE LATENCY TO RESPONSE IN ATHE TAIL FLICK RATHER THAN IN ATHE TAIL PINCH TEST. THE ANALGESIC EFFECT OF PENTAZOCINE WAS ANTAGONIZED BY NALOXONE AND COMPLETELY ELIMINATED BY PRETREATMENT WITH P-CHLOROPHENYLALANINE (PCPA). GTS PREVENTED THE PENTAZOCINE-INDUCED ANALGESIC AND INHIBITED THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOLERANCE TO PENTAZOCINE. THE ANTAGONISTIC EFFECT OF GTS ON THE PENTAZOCINE-INDUCED ANALGESIA WAS ABOLISHED BY 5-HTP, BUT NOT BY L-DOPA. THESE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT GTS INHIBITS HTE ANALGESIC ACTION OF PENTAZOCINE BY THE INTERACTION WITH SEROTONERGIC NEURON.
Dose amount100.0 MOL
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalMOUSE
Per unitKG
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractSAPONIN FRACTION