Interference of propylene glycol with the hole-board test
AUTOR(ES)
Silva, Adriana Lourenço da
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2010
RESUMO
Experimental drugs and/or plant extracts are often dissolved in solvents, including propylene glycol. Nevertheless, there is evidence for psychoactive properties of this alcohol. In this study we found that in the hole-board test 10% propylene glycol did not modify the headdipping behavior. However, 30% propylene glycol induced an increase in the number of head-dips (46.92 ± 2.37 compared to 33.83 ± 4.39, P<0.05, ANOVA/Student-Newman-Keuls), an effect comparable to that obtained with 0.5 mg/kg diazepam (from 33.83 ± 4.39 to 54 ± 3.8, P<0.01, ANOVA/Student-Newman-Keuls). These results demonstrate that 30% propylene glycol has significant anxiolytic effects in this model and therefore cannot be used as an innocuous solvent.
ASSUNTO(S)
screening farmacologia clínica anxiolytic drugs propylene glycol diazepam solvents hole-board
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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