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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the analgesic effects and sites of oxymatrine-carbenoxolone sodium complex (OCSC).</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Adopting formalin test, warm water tail-flick test and intracerebroventricularly (icv) injection to observe the analgesic effects of OCSC in mice.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Intraperitoneally injecting (ip) OCSC (75, 150 mg x kg(-1)) remarkedly inhibited the pain of mice in the formalin test and prolonged latent phases of tail-shrinking of mice, icy OCSC (1.875, 3.75, 7.5 mg x kg(-1)) significantly prolonged latent phases of tail-shrinking of mice, it had dose-dependent effect with concentration.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The result indicated that OCSC has obvious analgesic effects and its mechanism may be involved in central nervous system (CNS).</p>
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Animals , Female , Male , Mice , Alkaloids , Chemistry , Analgesics , Chemistry , Pharmacology , Therapeutic Uses , Carbenoxolone , Chemistry , Pharmacology , Therapeutic Uses , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Mice, Inbred ICR , Pain , Drug Therapy , Quinolizines , ChemistryABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the analgesic effect of oxysophoridine(OSR)and the influence of verapamil(Ver)on the antinociception of OSR when two drugs were co-administrated in mice.Methods The number of writhing within 15 min after ip different doses of OSR was observed in painful mouse mo- dels caused by acetic acid.The hot plate method was used to assess nociceptive sensitivity of CaCl_2 and Ver before ip OSR.Nitric oxide(NO)in serum was measured by spectrophotometry.Results The number of writhing was decreased and the latency of licking the hind paws was prolonged in a dose-dependent manner after ip OSR.The antinociception of OSR could be antagonized by CaCl_2 and enhanced by Ver.No inter- ference was detected in serum volume of NO.Conclusion These results suggest that OSR can antagonize the acute pain caused by acetic acid and hot plate in a dose-dependent manner in mice.Calcium channel blocker could enhance the effect of OSR.