Abstract

EVALUTION OF ANTIANXIETY ACTIVITY OF FRUITS OF LIMONIA ACIDISSIMA IN SWISS ALBINO MICE

Chouhan Vaishali*, Antim Prajapat, Anantkumar Patel and Raj Endra Bapna

ABSTRACT

Anxiety disorder is one of the most common mental ailments exhibited by human. It is characterized by motor tension, sympathetic hyperactivity and apprehension and vigilance syndromes. A part from very few chemical remedies available like benzodiazepine and serotonin modulators, not much treatment options are at hand that safely and effectively alleviate anxiety. The ethanol extract of the fruit of plant Limonia acidissima was evaluated for its anti-anxiety activity in swiss albino mice at dose 200mg/kg and 400mg/kg body weight. Anti-anxiety was assessed by using elevated plus maze (EPM) and light and dark model methods. The ethanolic extract exhibit anxiolytic effect in experimental mice. So it is supports the use of Limonia acidissima as anxiolytic agents. Further investigation should be made to elucidate the active constituent of responsible for the activity.

Keywords: Anxiety, Ethanolic extract, Elevated plus maze, light dark model, Limonia acidissima.