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Table 3 Potentiation of the pentobarbital sleep with carbenoxolone in mice

From: Anticonvulsant, sedative and muscle relaxant effects of carbenoxolone in mice

Treatment

Dose

Latency (min)

Duration (min)

Normal saline

10 ml/kg

7.28 ± 2.09

28.01 ± 1.88

Diazepam

1 mg/kg

4.67 ± 0.43**

49.16 ± 4.67***

Carbenoxolone

100 mg/kg

4.33 ± 0.25**

65.55 ± 5.06***

 

200 mg/kg

4.24 ± 0.31**

75.10 ± 7.34***

 

300 mg/kg

3.63 ± 0.38***

93.32 ± 16.49***

  1. Carbenoxolone and diazepam (i.p.) were injected 60 and 30 minutes respectively, before pentobarbital (30 mg/kg) respectively. Mean latency and duration of sleep in minutes ± SEM from 10 mice in each group. **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, compared to control, Tukey-Kramer test.