Anticonvulsant activities of ethanolic extract and aqueous fraction isolated from Delphinium denudatum

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-78

  Raza, Mohsin ^a   Shaheen, Farzana ^b   Choudhary, M I ^b   Sombati, Sompong ^a   Rafiq, Azhar ^a   Suria, Amin ^c   Rahman, Atta Ur ^b   DeLorenzo, R J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant activity; Bicuculline; Delphinium denudatum; Maximal electroshock; Medicinal plants; Pentyleneterazole

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BICUCULLINE; MACROGOL 400; PENTETRAZOLE; PICROTOXIN; PLANT EXTRACT; STRYCHNINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHINIUM DENUDATUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPILEPSY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BICUCULLINE; CONVULSANTS; ELECTROSHOCK; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PICROTOXIN; RANUNCULACEAE; SOLVENTS; STRYCHNINE; WATER;

EID: 0034807059     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00327-0     Document Type: Article

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