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Evaluation of the Sedative Activity of Naringenin: In Vivo Study with Pharmacokinetics and Molecular Docking Insights.

Dipu Bishwas, Md Shimul Bhuia, Salehin Sheikh, Mohammed Alfaifi, Abdul Malik, Nikhat J Siddiqui, Divya Jain, Mehedi Hasan Bappi, Muhammad Torequl Islam

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Dipu BishwasDepartment of Pharmacy, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna, 6600, Bangladesh.
Md Shimul BhuiaBioinformatics and Drug Innovation Laboratory, Bioluster Research Center Ltd., Gopalganj, 8100, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-6179-9720
Salehin SheikhBioinformatics and Drug Innovation Laboratory, Bioluster Research Center Ltd., Gopalganj, 8100, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID 0009-0002-3705-6967
Mohammed AlfaifiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, 61421, Saudi Arabia.
Abdul MalikDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Nikhat J SiddiquiDepartment of Internal Surgical Nursing, College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Divya JainDepartment of Microbiology, School of Applied & Life Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248007, India.
Mehedi Hasan BappiSchool of Pharmacy, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, 54896, Republic of Korea.
Muhammad Torequl IslamBioinformatics and Drug Innovation Laboratory, Bioluster Research Center Ltd., Gopalganj, 8100, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies at King Khalid University RGP.2/533/44
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Abstract

This research is designed to investigate the sedative effects of naringenin (NAR) and diazepam against thiopental sodium-induced sleeping mice. NAR (5 and 10 mg kg), diazepam (DZP) (2 mg kg), flumazenil (FLN) (0.1 mg kg), and their combinations are administered intraperitoneally to mice. After 30 min, sleep is induced with intraperitoneal thiopental sodium (20 mg kg), and sleep latency and duration are measured. In silico analysis investigates the role of GABA receptors. NAR significantly reduces sleep latency and prolongs sleep duration in a dose-dependent manner, with the combination of NAR-10 and DZP-2 showing a synergistic effect. The combination of the antagonist (FLN) (NAR-10 and FLN-0.1) indicates that latency increases and sleep duration decreases compared to NAR-10 alone. Furthermore, in silico docking studies corroborates these results, demonstrating a significant binding affinity of NAR (-8.3 kcal mol), which is comparable to the standard ligand DZP (-8.7 kcal mol) and FLN (-7.0 kcal mol) for the GABA

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FlavanonesHypnotics and SedativesMolecular Docking SimulationAnimalsDiazepamFlumazenilMaleMiceReceptors, GABA-ASleepDiazepamFlavanonesFlumazenilHypnotics and SedativesnaringeninReceptors, GABA-AGABAergic pathwaysin silico studiesinsomnianaringeninpharmacokinetics

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PMID40484731
PMCPMC12518047

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