Pharmacological Actions of Tannic Acid; II. Evaluation of CNS Activity in Animals
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Planta Medica
- Vol. 52 (04) , 272-275
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-969150
Abstract
The effects of tannic acid (TA) on some behavioral tests in animals were investigated. A non-specific depressant action of TA was the most salient finding in the present study since TA reduced locomotor activity, potentiated pentobarbital-induced sleeping-time and induced analgesia in mice. No changes were found on the convulsive threshold test in rats. It is concluded that the reported central depressant effects of some crude extracts from plant material could be due to the presence of tannin-like constituents in the plant.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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