An aqueous extract of Casimiroa edulis leaves was tested in adult male Wistar rats for anticonvulsant activity utilizing two models of experimental epilepsy: maximal electroshock seizure (MES) and subcutaneously injected metrazole (METsc). Single dose of 100 mg/kg C. edulis vacuum dried aqueous
A single dose of 5, 10 and 100 mg/kg of Casimiroa edulis aqueous extract (AQ); 10, 100 and 1000 mg/kg of C. edulis ethanolic extract (E-OH); in addition, 10, 30 and 12 mg/kg of propyleneglycol (Pg), phenytoin (Phen) and phenobarbital (Phb) was orally given to adult male Wistar rat groups.
In order to evaluate the effects produced by the hydroalcoholic extract of leaves from Casimiroa edulis on the central nervous system, different behavioral tests and animal models of depression and anxiety were performed. The extract was administered intraperitoneally in male and female rats and
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