The leaf essential oil of Psidium guyanensis offers protection against pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures

Planta Medica

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-135

  Santos, F A ^a   Rao, V S N ^a   Silveira, E R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; adenosine; Myrtaceae; pentylenetetrazole seizures; Psidium guyanensis Pers.; seizure protection; toad rectus abdominis muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CAFFEINE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GARDINAL; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PSIDIUM GUYANENSIS EXTRACT; STRYCHNINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETHALITY; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLANT LEAF; PROTECTION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SEIZURE; TOAD;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MYRTACEAE; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUYANENSIS; RECTUS; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 0030957473     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957629     Document Type: Article

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