The Anti-Immobility Effect of Hyperoside on the Forced Swimming Test in Rats is Mediated by the D2-Like Receptors Activation
The Anti-Immobility Effect of Hyperoside on the Forced Swimming Test in Rats is Mediated by the D2-Like Receptors Activation
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DOI:
10.1055/s-0030-1250386
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发表时间:
2011-03-01
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2.7
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Kuze Rates, Stela Maris
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Haas, Juliana Schulte;Stolz, Eveline Dischkaln;Kuze Rates, Stela Maris
The crude extracts of Hypericum species native to South Brazil showed analgesic and antidepressant-like effects in rodents. The chemical characterization of these species revealed that they are rich in flavonoids and phloroglucinol derivatives. In the present study a detailed investigation was performed on the activities of hyperoside (HYP), a common flavonoid in the genus Hypericum. Hyperoside was obtained from the aerial parts of H. caprifoliatum by chromatographic procedures. Mice treated with single doses (10, 20 and 40 mg/kg i.p.) did not present signs of toxicity or weight loss. At 20 and 40 mg/kg i.p. the mice exploratory behavior in the open field test was reduced. At 20 mg/kg i.p. the pentobarbital sleeping time increased, but not the sleeping latency. No activity was found on the hot-plate (10 and 20 mg/kg i.p.) or in the acetic acid-induced writhing test (20 and 40 mg/kg p.o.). Nevertheless, an antidepressant-like effect in the forced swimming test in mice and rats was observed (HYP 10 and 20 mg/kg i.p. in mice; HYP 1.8 mg/kg/day p.o. in rats). The antidepressant-like effect in rats was prevented by the administration of sulpiride (50 mg/kg i.p.) a D2 antagonist. In conclusion, hyperoside was found to present a depressor effect on the central nervous system as well as an antidepressant-like effect in rodents which is, at least in part, mediated by the dopaminergic system.