Effect of Shitei-To, a traditional chinese medicine formulation, on pentylenetetrazol-induced kindling in mice

Phytomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-72

  Minami, E ^a,c   Shibata, H ^a   Nomoto, M ^b   Fukuda, T ^b  

^a Kotaro Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant action; Mice; Pentylenetetrazol kindling; Shitei To; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; SHITEI TO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONVULSION; DRUG EFFECT; HERB; JAPAN; KINDLING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CALYX; DIOSPYROS KAKI; FLOS; RHIZOMA; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; ZINGIBER AROMATICUM; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE; ZINGIBERIS; ZINGIBERIS RHIZOMA;

EID: 0034108843     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(00)80024-0     Document Type: Article

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