Experimental myasthenia gravis-like neuromuscular impairment with Cleisthanthus collinus leaf extract administration in rat

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-126

  Nanda Kumar, N V ^a   Vijayalakshmi, K M ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; Antisnake venom serum; Cleisthanthus collinus; Electromyography; Muscle action potentials; Myasthenia like disorder; NMJ blockade

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CLEISTHANTHUS COLLINUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SNAKE VENOM; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0029979289     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199603)10:2<121::AID-PTR783>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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