The effects of multiple injections of thiopental sodium on the sleeping time and the physiologic disposition of the drug in male rats

1957 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1183-1191
Author(s):  
Noah R. Calhoun ◽  
Aldo P. Truant
1977 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Bruni ◽  
Hive-Ho Huang ◽  
Stephen Marshall ◽  
Joseph Meites

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
D.V. Kozak

Relevance. Severe trauma is accompanied by the development of multiple organ dysfunction and the insufficiency of internal organs. The dynamics of changes in the functional state of the liver didn't investigate fully. It is the central organ of detoxification of the body, whose activity occurs in close integration with other organs and systems of the body. The objective is to find out the features of the biliary function of the liver in the dynamics of the developed model of polytrauma. Materials and methods. Polytrauma was performed using 62 nonlinear white male rats weighing 180-200 g under conditions of thiopental-sodium anesthesia (40 mg 1kg-1 intraperitoneally). In surviving animals, the biliary function of the liver was studied in 2 h, 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28 days after injury. For this purpose, the common bile duct was catheterized, and bile was collected for 1 hour in animals under thiopental-sodium anesthesia (60 mg kg-1). The rate of bile excretion and the concentration of total bile acids, cholesterol, direct and indirect bilirubin in the selected portion of bile were determined. Based on these data, the rate of excretion of the studied components of bile was calculated. Euthanasia of rats throughout the experiment was performed by total bloodletting from the heart after previous thiopental-sodium anesthesia (60 mg kg-1 intraperitoneally). The obtained digital data were subject to statistical analysis. Results. In the conditions of experimental polytrauma, there is a violation of the biliary function of the liver. It is manifested in the period of an acute reaction to the trauma first (after 2 hours) by a significant it decreases, then (up to 1 day) development of polycholia - 1.52 times increased of bile secretion. Also increased excretion of the main components of bile, with their subsequent decrease to 7 days, development of the period of temporary improvement in 14 days with the repeated of exacerbation period in 21 days and approach to the norm - in 28 days. The decrease in bile secretion corresponds to a period of shock, which is characterized by the centralization of blood circulation and reduced blood supply to the organs of the gastrointestinal tract. Increased bile secretion and excretion of main bile components in 1 day after a severe injury is associated with the increased biliary polarity of hepatocytes and unloading of the liver from endotoxins. It accumulates due to tissue damage, microcirculation, and hypoxia. Subsequently, the indicators of the biliary function of the liver changed by the identified patterns of lipoperoxidation deviations, antioxidant protection, cytolysis, and endogenous intoxication. The pathogenesis of biliary disorders is the damage of the endoplasmic reticulum membranes, where the synthesis of the main components of bile. As well as the development of edema of the organ, which prevents the outflow of bile. Conclusion. The dynamics of the development of functional liver failure due to polytrauma coincides with the general pattern characteristic of the dynamics of other biochemical markers of traumatic disease. Namely: after 3 days of the post-traumatic period, there was a phase of maximum deepening of deviations of the studied indexes. After 7-14 days there was noted a phase of temporary improvement which is characterized by a change of indexes towards the norm. After 21 days there was a re-exacerbation of the pathological process. After 28 days the indexes changed towards the norm, but for most cases do not reach it. This means that in a critical state of the body the organs and systems coupling is getting worse, which are remote from the site of injury. It can be considered as a factor of compensation and adaptation directed to the survival of the organism.


1970 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Mokarram Hossain ◽  
SM Raquibul Hasan ◽  
Raushanara Akter ◽  
Md Nurul Islam ◽  
Md Jahidur Rashid ◽  
...  

Tinospora cordifolia Miers. is used in the Ayurvedic system of medicine for the treatment of jaundice, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis, and is also used as memory enhancer. But still there is no report of analgesic and neuropharmacological activities of the plant. For this reason, the present study was designed to evaluate analgesic and neuropharmacological activities of methanol extract of the aerial parts of Tinospora cordifolia. Analgesic activity of the crude extract at the dose of 200 and 400 mg/kg b.w. was evaluated for its central and peripheral pharmacological actions using hotplate and tail flick tests and acetic acid-induced writhing test respectively in mice. The extract produced a significant (p < 0.05-0.001) increase in pain threshold in hotplate and tail flick tests in a dose dependent manner. In acetic acid-induced writhing test the extract at both doses produced significant (p < 0.001) inhibition of writhing reaction but maximum inhibition (65.01%) of writhing was found at 400 mg/kg dose compared to the reference drug Diclofenac-Na at the dose of 10 mg/kg b.w. (77.07%). Neuropharmacological activity of the extract was also evaluated using rodent behabioural models; hole cross to evaluate motor activity, open field to evaluate exploratory behaviour and thiopental sodium-induced sleeping time to evaluate sedative potential of the extract. The extract significantly (p < 0.05-0.001) decreased motor activity and exploratory behavior of mice in hole cross and open field test respectively. The extract also produced rapid onset and maximized the duration of sleeping time when administered with thiopental sodium. Results of this study suggest that the aerial part of T. cordifolia possesses significant analgesic and CNS depressant activity.  Key words: Tinospora cordifolia; Menispermaceae; Analgesic; Neuropharmacological.DOI: 10.3329/sjps.v2i2.5822Stamford Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Vol.2(2) 2009: 31-37


1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (12) ◽  
pp. 1556-1561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill C. Merrill ◽  
Tammy M. Bray

Low dietary protein has been shown to induce the activity of rat hepatic UDP-glucuronyltransferase (UDPGTase) as measured in vitro. The assay of UDPGTase in vitro is hampered by the need to solubilize the microsomal membrane, without destroying the physiological significance of the measurements. The present work was to determine the effect of dietary protein on the activity of UDPGTase and on the activity of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase. Chloral hydrate induced sleeping time was used as a bioassay for UDPGTase, confirming the physiological significance of the in vitro analysis. Sixty male rats were maintained on three different protein levels (7.5, 15, and 45%) for 16 days. Fifteen rats from each group were sacrificed and hepatic UDPGTase, cytochrome P-450, UDP-glucose dehydrogenase, and alcohol dehydrogenase were assayed. Five rats from each group were dosed with 7.5% chloral hydrate (4.8 mL/kg body weight) to measure sleeping time. Rats on 7.5% dietary protein had significantly higher UDPGTase activity than rats fed either 15 or 45% protein diets. These differences in enzyme activity in vitro correlated with the differences in chloral hydrate sleeping time. Dietary protein was not found to affect the activity of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase as measured in vitro.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4-s) ◽  
pp. 414-417
Author(s):  
Brijesh Sirohi ◽  
Rakesh Sagar

Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D.Don) Soo belongs to the family orchidaceae. The plant is native and near endemic to Indian Himalayan region.  Its distribution extends to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan. In India, it is reported from Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. The Juice extracted from tuber is used as tonic and also used for the treatment of pyorrhea (inflammation of the gum & teeth). Root paste is externally applied as poultice on cuts and wounds and extract is given in intestinal disorders. Lavandula stoechas, the Spanish lavender or topped lavender or French lavender is a species of flowering plant in the family lamiaceae, ccurring naturally in several Mediterranean countries, including France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece. It is used commercially in air fresheners and insecticides. Flower spikes have been used internally for headaches, irritability, feverish colds and nausea and externally for wounds, rheumatic pain, antiseptic, digestive, antispasmodic, healing, insect repellent and antibacterial. The neuropharmacological activities were examined by thiopental sodium induced sleeping time in mice at the doses of 100, 200 and 300 mg/kg p.o body weight. All the extracts exhibited significant reduction of onset and duration of sleep in thiopental sodium induced sleeping time test. Altogether, these results suggest that experimental hydroalcoholic extracts of D. hatagirea roots & L. stoechas flower possesses potent hypnotic properties, which support its use in traditional medicine. Keywords: Dactylorhiza hata, Lavandula stoechas, Sleeping time test, Thiopental sodium


1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 905-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar N. Lucas

In this study the influence of barbiturates (Nembutal and Barbitone) upon the pharmacological activity of Dicumarol and the converse interaction were evaluated. Prothrombin time, incidence of hemorrhage, and sleeping time were measured in relation to the pharmacological action of each drug when given simultaneously and separately. Groups of Sprague–Dawley, white, male rats weighing approximately 250–350 g were fed Dicumarol, barbiturates, or the combination of both mixed with powdered food during the 10 days of the experiment. Groups treated with Dicumarol plus barbiturates showed a significantly shorter mean prothrombin time and lower incidence of hemorrhage than the group treated with Dicumarol alone. When the combination of drugs or each drug alone was administered by stomach tube or intraperitoneally, similar findings were obtained. Barbiturates exerted a protective action against the hypoprothrombinemic and hemorrhagic effects of even a toxic dose of Dicumarol, regardless of the route of administration. The mean sleeping time of groups treated with Nembutal alone was not significantly different from that of groups treated with Nembutal–Dicumarol. No hemorrhage was observed in the control animals or those receiving barbiturates only, nor was there a difference in the mean prothrombin time of these groups.


1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Ashraful Alam ◽  
Nazmuj Slahin ◽  
Riaz Uddin ◽  
SM Raquibul Hasan ◽  
Raushanara Akter ◽  
...  

Analgesic and central nervous system depressant activity of the methanol extract of Achyranthes aspera Linn. was assessed by using acetic acid induced writhing test, thiopental sodium induced sleeping time determination, hole cross test and open field test in albino mice. The extract (250 and 500mg/kg) showed a dose dependent inhibition of writhing response generation by acetic acid compared to reference drug diclofenac sodium (50mg/kg). Methanol (70%) extract of Achyranthes aspera (500 mg/kg) also produced rapid onset and maximized the duration of sleeping time when administered with thiopental sodium. The extract also decreased the motor activity and exploratory behavior of mice in hole cross and open field test. The overall experimental results suggest the analgesic and central nervous system depressant activity of the methanolic extract of Achyranthes aspera and justify its use in folkloric remedies. Key Words: Achyranthes aspera, Analgesic activity, Central nervous system depressant activity. doi:10.3329/sjps.v1i1.1807 S. J. Pharm. Sci. 1(1&2): 44-50


2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-57
Author(s):  
N.V. Ohinska ◽  
Z.M. Nebesna ◽  
I.B. Getmanyuk

The cerebellum is a complexly organized multifunctional component of the brain and a target in numerous lesions, so the study of its morphofunctional state in various pathological conditions and burns does not lose its relevance. The aim of our study was to establish the features of micro- and submicroscopic changes in the structural components of the cerebellar cortex after 21 days under conditions of experimental thermal trauma. The experimental study was simulated on white laboratory male rats. Grade III burns were applied under thiopental-sodium anesthesia with copper plates heated in boiled water to a temperature of 97-100°C. The size of the affected area was 18-20% of the epilated surface of the body of rats. Histological changes were studied for 21 days from the beginning of the experiment. Semi-thin sections for light microscopy were stained with methylene blue, for electron microscopy the obtained ultra-thin sections were contrasted with uranyl acetate and lead citrate according to the Reynolds method. With the help of micro- and submicroscopic studies, significant alternative changes of both neurons of all layers of the cerebellar cortex and parts of the microcirculatory tract of the organ were revealed. Neurons are disorganized, their shape is changed, there is low functional activity, due to a decrease in the area of the chromatophilic substance. Often there are cell-free areas in the ganglion layer, there is a shift of Purkinje cells deep into the granular layer, and grain cells are pushed sharply into the higher molecular layer. Thus, 21 days after the experimental thermal injury, destructive-degenerative changes of neurons of the cerebellar cortex, paravasal edema and disorders of transendothelial metabolism were established.


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