Anticonvulsant effect of aqueous, hydroalcohol and chloroform extracts from Ipomoea stans root in the rat

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 242-244

  Navarro Ruiz, A ^a   De La Mora, Garzón P ^a   Villanueva Michel, M T ^a   Dominguez Rodriguez, J R ^a   Bastidas Ramirez, B E ^b   Quezada Arellano, J D ^b   Ruiz Madrigal, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Epilepsy; Ipomoea stans; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLOROFORM; IPOMOEA STANS EXTRACT; PENTETRAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SEIZURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029967188     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199605)10:3<242::AID-PTR796>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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