Hypnotic and muscle relaxant activity of thymoquinone, the major active constituent of Nigella sativa seeds, and its effects on locomotor activity and motor coordination in mice

Hypnotic and muscle relaxant activity of thymoquinone, the major active constituent of Nigella sativa seeds, and its effects on locomotor activity and motor coordination in mice

We have previously shown that thymoquinone, the major active constituent of Nigella sativa seeds, exhibited anticonvulsant effect in pentylenetetrazole model. In the present study, in order to clarify the other actions of thymoquinone on the CNS, we investigated its hypnotic and muscle relaxant effe...

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Main Authors: S Parvardeh, H Hosseinzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institue of Medicinal Plants, ACECR 2003-12-01
Series:Journal of Medicinal Plants
Subjects:
thymoquinone
nigella sativa
hypnotic
muscle relaxant
locomotor activity
motor coordination
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