Psychopharmacological effects
The methanol extract of the entire plant was evaluated by
Parimala Devi et al. (2004) for different psychopharmacological
actions such as general behavior, exploratory
behavior, muscle relaxant activity, and phenobarbitoneinduced
sleeping time, and the effect on normal body
temperature in rats and mice. The extract was found to
cause a reduction in spontaneous activity, a decrease
in exploratory behavioral pattern by the head dip and
Y-maze test, a reduction in muscle relaxation by rotarod,
30° inclined screen, and traction tests, and a significant
lowering of body temperature. In addition, CVME
significantly potentiated the phenobarbitone-induced
sleeping time.