Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness, nervousness and fear, which can lead to a serious mental illness.Currently the trend of population suffering from anxiety is increasing.The study has been designed to evaluate the anxiolytic potential of coconut milk.The study was carried out on albino mice weighing 18-25gm either male or female.Mice were divided into 3 groups.Group I was taken as Control and given distilled water 0.4ml.Group II was taken as treated and given coconut milk 0.4ml and Group III was given 0.6ml of coconut milk.Head dip, light and dark model, cage crossing, open field and elevated plus maze were used to evaluate coconut milks effect on anxiety.Our study exposed significant effects of anxiolytic activity of coconut milk in mice.Head dip activity and open field activity show highly significant result.We conclude that administration of coconut milk gives anxiolytic effects because it possesses anti-oxidant components as multi vitamins and minerals.It has less adverse effect as compared to allopathic drugs, we can use coconut milk in our daily diet.
Institution: Jinnah University for Women
Language: English
Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2793229863