Terpenoids isolated from Psidium guajava hexane extract with depressant activity on central nervous system

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 600-603

  Meckes, Mariana ^a   Calzada, Fernando ^a   Tortoriello, Jaime ^b   Gonzalez, José Luis ^b   Martínez, Mariano ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant properties; Caryophyllene oxide; CNS depressant effect; Potentiator of hypnosis; Psidium guajava terpenoids

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; HEXANE; PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT; SESQUITERPENE; SQUALENE; STRYCHNINE; TERPENOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; FRACTIONATION; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLANT LEAF; SLEEP TIME; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029842202     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199611)10:7<600::AID-PTR918>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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