Sedative and anticonvulsant effects of aqueous extract of Ficus sycomorus L. (Moraceae) stembark in rats

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-110

  Sandabe, Umar Kyari ^a,b   Onyeyili, Patrick Azubuike ^a   Chibuzo, Gregory Anene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b Universities of Maiduguri   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsive effect; Ficus sycomorus; Sedative effect

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; FICUS SYCOMORUS EXTRACT; KETAMINE; PENTETRAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; STRYCHNINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BARK; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FICUS SYCOMORUS; INNER EAR; MALE; MORACEAE; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEDATION; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP TIME; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALIA; FICUS SYCOMORUS; MORACEAE; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 0038074166     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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