Studies on the analgesic action and no tolerance of paeonol / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

Paeonol is an nerb which has been used us an anodyne. The analgesic action of Paeonol has been shown in this paper by using the following methods: Mice licking hind paw on hot plate (55℃); mice wring evoked by ip 0. 7% acetic acid 10 ml ? kg-1; continuous pain stimuli elicited by sc 2. 5% formaldehyde 0. 03 ml in fore paw of mice.No tolerance of analgesic effect was found after daily sc of Paeonol 100 mg ? kg-1for 7 d in mice assayed with hot plate method. In naloxone-challenge test, no jumping response was observed in mice treated with Paeonol 690mg ? kg-1, the maximal tolerance dose. The results indicate that Paeonol induced no morphine-like tolerance norphysical dependence.The analgesic action of Paeonol was not an-tagonizd by naloxone, but was eliminated by in-traperitoneal injection reserpine 3 mg ? kg-1 3 h prior to Paeonol. These results demonstrate that Paeonol belongs to the non-narcotic analgesic, and suggested that the analgesic action of Paeonol may be related to the monoamine level in brain.