Antistress Effects of the Ethanolic Extract from Cymbopogon schoenanthus Growing Wild in Tunisia

Table 2

Effect of CSEE on DOP, ADR, and NAD levels (ng/mL) in the brain of ICR mice. Mice fed with 100 and 200 mg/kg of CSEE for 14 days were sacrificed by dislocation of the cervical spine one day after the last behavioral test, and then the brain samples were rapidly washed with PBS (−) and stored at −80°C until use. Monamine neurotransmitters levels were quantified using ELISA kit as explained in Section 2.

Groups	TST			FST
	DOP	ADR	NAD	DOP	ADR	NAD
Control	5.138±0.07	0.365±0.06	25.196±0.05	6.147±0.02	0.238±0.07	45.655±0.03
Imipramine	6.395±0.08^∗∗	0.59±0.03^∗	51.247±0.04^∗∗	6.713±0.06^∗∗	0.586±0.02^∗∗	50.822±0.05
100 mg/kg	6.378±0.08^∗∗	0.551±0.03^∗	48.640±0.07^∗∗	6.717±0.02^∗∗	0.584±0.08^∗∗	52.167±0.04
200 mg/kg	6.427±0.02^∗∗	0.504±0.02^∗	53.696±0.03^∗∗	6.655±0.06^∗∗	0.599±0.02^∗∗	49.020±0.06

With, DOP: dopamine, ADR: adrenaline, and NAD: noradrenaline.
Each value represents the mean ± SD (𝑛=4). ^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗𝑃<0.01 versus Control group (Student’s 𝑡-test).