Depolarizing neuromuscular junctional blocking action of Parthenium hysterophorus leaf extracts in rat

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 367-370

  Vijayalakshmi, Pineni ^a   Vijayalakshmi, Kattalath M ^a   Nanda Kumar, Nanguneri V ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Compound muscle action potentials; Electromyography; Neostigmine; NMJ blockade; Parthenium hysterophorus; Sciatic nerve anterior tibialis muscle

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, TOXIC; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALIA; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS;

EID: 0032792141     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199908/09)13:5<367::AID-PTR434>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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