THE ANTINOCICEPTIVE ACTIONS OF KAVA COMPONENTS IN MICE
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology
- Vol. 17 (7) , 495-507
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1990.tb01349.x
Abstract
1. The antinociceptive properties of the aqueous extract of the intoxicating beverage kava, and of the lipid soluble extract (kava resin) were tested in mice, by the tail immersion and abdominal constriction methods. Both extracts showed analgesic effects in both tests. 2. Eight purified pyrones from the lipid soluble extract were also tested for activity in the tail immersion test, and kawain, dihydrokawain, methysticin and dihydromethysticin were found to be very effective in producing analgesia. Using the tail immersion test the time course of action of the extracts of the four effective pyrones of kava were studied. 3. Naloxone, in doses which inhibited morphine-induced analgesia in both tests, was completely ineffective in reversing the antinociceptive activities of the kava extracts, showing that analgesia produced by kava occurs via non-opiate pathways.Keywords
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