<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abdulrahman Alsayari</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mohammed Ghazwani</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dalia Almaghaslah</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yahya Alhamhoom</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maha Saad</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rawan Ahmed</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wafa Saeed</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wijden Ali</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sadia Batool</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bombax ceiba: A Potential Anti-Anxiety Drug</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anti-anxiety</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bombax ceiba leaves</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Diazepam</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elevated Plus Maze</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ethanol</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">May 2018</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://fulltxt.org/article/656</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">712-714</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Bombax ceiba &lt;/em&gt;is a famous plant used extensively in traditional medicine for various diseases. However, data pertaining to its effects at CNS level is limited. &lt;strong&gt;Objective:&lt;/strong&gt; To analyze the anti-anxiety potential of ethanolic extracts of &lt;em&gt;Bombax ceiba&lt;/em&gt; leaves on rats using the elevated plus maze protocol. &lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; Five groups containing six rats each were treated with respective drugs.Control rats were treated with 0.5ml of 10% ethanol i.p. (negative control). Single treatments of diazepam (2mg/kg i.p) were used as a positive control and varied levels of ethanolic extracts of &lt;em&gt;Bombax ceiba&lt;/em&gt; leaves (150 mg/kg, 250 mg/kg, 400 mg/kg, i.p.) were applied to other groups. The index of anxiety was measured by observing the entry and time duration in the open arm of the EPM. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; Extract at 400 mg/kg significantly increased the time duration and number of entries into the open arm which was statistically significant (p value &amp;lt;0.05) when compared to the control group (ethanol). Diazepam showed the most significant results when compared to other groups (&lt;em&gt;p&lt;/em&gt;&amp;lt;0.0005). Extracts at 150 mg/kg and 250 mg/kg demonstrated negligible results that were statistically insignificant. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; The results indicate the anti-anxiety potential of &lt;em&gt;Bombax ceiba&lt;/em&gt; leaves at higher concentration. Further studies are required to analyze the implicated phytochemicals and the mechanism at cellular level.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">712</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abdulrahman Alsayari, Mohammed Ghazwani, Dalia Almaghaslah, Yahya Alhamhoom, Maha Saad, Rawan Ahmed, Wafa Saeed, Wijden Ali, Sadia Batool&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, KINGDOM OF SAUDIA ARABIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>