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. 2023 Jun;385(3):180–192. doi: 10.1124/jpet.122.001525

TABLE 2.

ED50 values (95% CIs in parentheses) for the discriminative stimulus, rate-decreasing, and antinociceptive effects for various compounds in rats trained to discriminate 32 mg/kg mitragynine or 3.2 mg/kg morphine from their vehicle as shown in Figs. 2 and 3

The sample sizes are described in each figure legend. Each value is for a combination of females with males unless described. In each training drug, potency ratios per compound (95% CIs in parentheses) are calculated as a division of the ED50 values for the rate-decreasing or antinociceptive effects from those for the discriminative-stimulus effects. Significant differences are italicized.

Test Drug ED50 (95% CIs) Potency Ratio (95% CIs)
Discriminative Stimulus Response Rate Maximum Possible Effect Rate-Decreasing / Discriminative Stimulus Antinociceptive / Discriminative Stimulus
Rats Trained to Discriminate an Injection of 32 mg/kg Mitragynine from Its Vehicle
 Mitragynine alone 18.9 (14.0, 24.2) 40.7 (32.3, 55.8) Unable to determine due to an adverse reaction (lethality) at 100 mg/kg [up to 7.69% (5.13%) @ 56 mg/kg] 2.15 (1.33, 3.99) Not Applicable
 Mitragynine in the presence of 56 mg/kg ketoconazole 4.46 (3.57, 5.54) 33.7 (27.5, 43.3) Unable to determine due to an adverse reaction (lethality) at 100 mg/kg [up to 18.8% (5.15%) @ 56 mg/kg] 7.56 (4.96, 12.1) Not Applicable
Rats Trained to Discriminate an Injection of 3.2 mg/kg Morphine from Its Vehicle
 7HMG alone 0.275 (0.0768, 0.411) 4.73 (3.25, 6.35) 10.5 (8.89, 12.5) 17.2 (7.91, 82.7) 38.2 (21.6, 163)
 7HMG in the presence of 56 mg/kg ketoconazole 0.0285 (0.0224, 0.0346) 1.84 (1.47, 2.28) 2.56 (2.17, 3.02) 64.6 (42.5, 122) 89.8 (78.0, 135)
 Mitragynine alone 29.6 (18.8, 55.9) 45.7 (36.4, 64.1) Unable to determine due to an adverse reaction at 100 mg/kg [up to 7.49% (6.46%) @ 5.6 mg/kg] 1.54 (0.651, 3.41) Not Applicable
 Mitragynine in the presence of 56 mg/kg ketoconazole 6.31 (3.93, 8.69) 33.0 (27.4, 41.2) Unable to determine due to an adverse reaction (lethality) at 100 mg/kg [up to 18.1% (5.37%) @ 56 mg/kg] 5.23 (3.15, 10.5) Not Applicable
 Morphine alone 1.46 (0.941, 1.90) 19.9 (16.4, 23.7) 35.8 (32.7, 39.3) 13.6 (8.63, 25.2) 24.5 (17.2, 41.8)
 Morphine alone (females) 1.70 (0.752, 2.77) 16.4 (12.6, 20.2) 37.9 (30.4, 46.8) 9.65 (4.55, 26.9) 22.3 (11.0, 62.2)
 Morphine alone (males) 1.10 (0.762, 1.42) 16.0 (10.8, 21.5) 34.3 (30.7, 38.3) 14.5 (7.61, 28.2) 31.2 (21.6, 50.3)
 Morphine in the presence of 56 mg/kg ketoconazole 2.35 (1.76, 2.93) 23.2 (18.8, 28.5) 33.5 (29.9, 38.1) 9.87 (6.42, 16.2) 14.3 (10.2, 21.6)