Research Article

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

Table 5

Results of the sedative activity of the products 4 and 5 at the doses 200 and 400 mg/kg.

WitnessBromazepam4 (200 mg/kg)4 (400 mg/kg)5 (200 mg/kg)5 (400 mg/kg)

Traction testPercentage of falls (%)01000000
Average fall time (s)010.0 ± 0.90000
Average recovery time (s)0.5 ± 0.101.08 ± 0.251.51 ± 0.781.66 ± 0.181.20 ± 0.50
Chemney testAverage time to climb the chemney (s)3.40 ± 0.5>1205.17 ± 1.714.82 ± 1.503.76 ± 1.316.61 ± 2.81
Hole-board testNumber of holes explored over 5 min7 ± 105.36 ± 0.923.88 ± 1.514.88 ± 1.304.72 ± 1.40
Rotarod testTime spent on stem (s)120 ± 01.2 ± 0.9120 ± 0120 ± 0120 ± 0120 ± 0

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