Research Article

In Vivo Study on Analgesic, Muscle-Relaxant, Sedative Activity of Extracts of Hypochaeris radicata and In Silico Evaluation of Certain Compounds Present in This Species

Table 6

Muscle relaxant activity of crude extract and its fractions of Hypochaeris radicata. The values are presented as percentage ± SEM for each animal ().

GroupsDose (mg/kg)Inclined plan test (%)Traction test (%)
30 min60 min90 min30 min60 min90 min

Distilled water10 ml0 ± 0.000 ± 0.000 ± 0.000 ± 0.000 ± 0.000 ± 0.00

Diazepam1100 ± 0.00100 ± 0.00100 ± 0.00100 ± 0.00100 ± 0.00100 ± 0.00

Crude extract251.44 ± 0.562.55 ± 0.773.21 ± 0.551.48 ± 0.562.53 ± 0.644.31 ± 0.50
501.87 ± 0.574.18 ± 0.694.20 ± 1.001.84 ± 0.603.56 ± 0.695.10 ± 0.70
1003.50 ± 0.584.97 ± 0.887.00 ± 1.183.65 ± 0.634.70 ± 0.607.01 ± 1.14

n-Hexane fraction251.25 ± 0.503.00 ± 0.553.24 ± 0.661.30 ± 0.563.25 ± 0.553.78 ± 0.60
502.57 ± 0.704.10 ± 0.974.33 ± 0.882.68 ± 0.734.27 ± 0.954.76 ± 0.99
1004.30 ± 0.594.12 ± 0.776.00 ± 1.004.05 ± 0.594.25 ± 0.706.63 ± 1.00

Chloroform fraction251.66 ± 0.522.77 ± 0.783.82 ± 0.661.68 ± 0.872.66 ± 0.664.55 ± 0.52
501.95 ± 0.654.88 ± 0.804.50 ± 0.602.04 ± 0.843.80 ± .875.44 ± 0.60
1003.66 ± 0.785.20 ± 0.597.60 ± 0.903.90 ± 0.604.97 ± 0.807.50 ± 1.10

Ethyl acetate fraction251.88 ± 0.602.90 ± 0.633.98 ± 0.682.00 ± 0.883.01 ± 0.605.50 ± 0.63
502.20 ± 0.633.30 ± 0.604.50 ± 0.772.98 ± 0.764.15 ± 0.656.45 ± 0.60
1004.63 ± 0.705.20 ± 0.776.00 ± 0.884.40 ± 0.645.98 ± 0.657.80 ± 0.80