Research Article

Screening of Natural Bioactive Metabolites and Investigation of Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, Antihyperglycemic, Neuropharmacological, and Cytotoxicity Potentials of Litsea polyantha Juss. Ethanolic Root Extract

Table 4

Neuropharmacological effect of ethanolic extract of Litsea polyantha on hole board test.

Treatment (oral) groupAmount of head dipping by the mice
0 min30 min60 min90 min120 min180 min

Negative control17 ± 0.7122 ± 1.1418 ± 0.7121.4 ± 0.7525 ± 0.7129.2 ± 0.66
Positive control (diazepam)19 ± 0.7111.6 ± 0.518.4 ± 0.516 ± 0.453.2 ± 0.377 ± 0.45
Root 250 mg/kg19.8 ± 0.8618.4 ± 0.5115.4 ± 0.5114.2 ± 0.3719 ± 0.7120.6 ± 0.57
Root 500 mg/kg19.2 ± 0.3717.4 ± 0.5115 ± 0.7114.8 ± 0.5818 ± 0.7120.4 ± 0.93

, , and when compared with negative control. The significance level for individual experiment period has been shown in Supplementary Table .