Anticonvulsant and sedative effects of crude extracts of Ternstroemia pringlei and Ruta chalepensis

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 531-533

  Aguilar Santamaria L ^a   Tortoriello, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

anticonvulsant; CNS activity; guinea pig ileum; Ruta chalepensis; sedative; Ternstroemia pringlei

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; METHANOL; PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT; RUTA CHALEPENSIS EXTRACT; SEDATIVE AGENT; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LD 50; MALE; MEXICO; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SEDATION; SLEEP TIME; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TONIC SEIZURE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

RUTA CHALEPENSIS; TERNSTROEMIA PRINGLEI;

EID: 0029841457     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199609)10:6<531::AID-PTR888>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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