CNS activity of the methanol extract of Mallotus peltatus (Geist) Muell Arg. leaf: An ethnomedicine of Onge

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-105

  Chattopadhyay, Debprasad ^a   Arunachalam, G ^a   Mandal, Subhash C ^b   Bhadra, R ^c   Mandal, Asit B ^d  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^d CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

CNS activity; Experimental animals; Mallotus peltatus; Methanol extract

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; FATTY ACID; FLAVONOID; MALLOTUS PELTATUS EXTRACT; METHANOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; SODIUM; STEROL; SUGAR; TANNIN; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG PURIFICATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FRACTIONATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; MALLOTUS PELTATUS; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SLEEP TIME;

MALLOTUS PELTATUS;

EID: 0037361398     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00379-3     Document Type: Article

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