Research Article

Synthesis of Surfactants Derived from 2-Mercaptobenzimidazole and Study of Their Acute Toxicity and Analgesic and Psychotropic Activities

Table 4

Results of the sedative activity of the products 2 and 3 at the doses of 200 and 400 mg/kg.

WitnessBromazepam2 (200 mg/kg)2 (400 mg/kg)3 (200 mg/kg)3 (400 mg/kg)

Traction testPercentage of falls (%)01000000
Average fall time (s)010.0 ± 0.90000
Average recovery time (s)0.5 ± 0.101.32 ± 0.492.36 ± 0.911.14 ± 0.171.56 ± 0.60
Chemney testAverage time to climb the chemney (s)3.40 ± 0.5>1207.95 ± 3.415.21 ± 1.331.08 ± 0.255.38 ± 2.06
Hole-board testNumber of holes explored over 5 min7 ± 104.84 ± 1.573.96 ± 1.955.12 ± 1.403.60 ± 0.67
Rotarod testTime spent on stem (s)120 ± 01.2 ± 0.9120 ± 0120 ± 0120 ± 0120 ± 0

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