Anti-nociceptive Activity of Methanolic Extract of Caragana sinica

골담초 메탄올 추출물의 진통 효과

  • 박진석 (우석대학교 약학대학) ;
  • 차동석 (우석대학교 약학대학) ;
  • 전훈 (우석대학교 약학대학)
  • Received : 2016.02.12
  • Accepted : 2016.03.28
  • Published : 2016.03.31

Abstract

Caragana sinica (Leguminosae) is a plant, which has been used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of lots of diseases including neuralgia, goat, hypertension and eczema. However, scientific studies of C. sinica in pharmacological aspects are not carried out. In this study, the anti-nociceptice effect of methanolic extract of C. sinica (MCS) was evaluated using various pain models. Our data represented that MCS significantly delayed the latency time under central pain condition which are arose from thermal stimuli, indicating MCS possess analgesic potential against central nociception. In addition, MCS showed strong and dose-dependent anti-nociceptive activities on acetic acid-induced peripheral pain, compared to positive control such as indomethacin. Further combination studies using naloxone, a non-selective opioid receptor antagonist, have revealed that analgesic activity of MCS was not changed in the presence of naloxone, indicating MCS exerts anti-nociceptive activity independent of opioid receptor. These results suggest that MCS may be an effective medicine in managing pain.

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