Isolation of bilobalide and ginkgolide A from Ginkgo biloba L. shorten the sleeping time induced in mice by anesthetics.
The leaves of Ginkgo biloba L. and aqueous extract from them shortened the sleeping time induced in mice by anesthetics (hexobarbital, alpha-chloralose and urethane, i.p.). Two characteristic terpenoids in G. biloba, bilobalide and ginkgolide A, significantly shortened the sleeping time induced by anesthetics. A toxic substance, 4-O-methylpyridoxine (MPN), responsible for "gin-nan food poisoning" isolated from the seed of G. biloba, was not detected from the extract of the leaves of G. biloba. Therefore, the Ginkgo biloba extract has no toxicities for MPN.
Wada
K
K
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Higashi Nippon Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan.
Sasaki
K
K
Miura
K
K
Yagi
M
M
Kubota
Y
Y
Matsumoto
T
T
Haga
M
M
D000777:Anesthetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002698:Chloralose; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004224:Diterpenes; D005663:Furans / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D046934:Ginkgolides; D006591:Hexobarbital; D007783:Lactones / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012890:Sleep / Q000187:drug effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D014520:Urethane
D000777:Anesthetics; D003517:Cyclopentanes; D004224:Diterpenes; D005663:Furans; D046934:Ginkgolides; D007783:Lactones; D010936:Plant Extracts; D002698:Chloralose; D014520:Urethane; D006591:Hexobarbital; C045856:ginkgolide B; C073710:bilobalide