Efficacy of Shitei-To, a traditional chinese medicine formulation, against convulsions in mice

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-115

  Minami, Eiko ^a   Shibata, Hiroki ^b   Nunoura, Yoshiki ^b   Nomoto, Masahiro ^b   Fukuda, Takeo ^b  

^a Kotaro Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CONVULSANT AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PENTETRAZOLE; SHITEI TO; SHITEI-TO; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTRIC SHOCK; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BICUCULLINE; CONVULSANTS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTROSHOCK; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; SEIZURES; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 0032603668     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x99000136     Document Type: Article

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