Central properties of the essential oil and the crude ethanol extract from aerial parts of Artemisia annua L.

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 497-502

  Perazzo, F F ^a,b   Carvalho, J C T ^a   Carvalho, J E ^b   Rehder, V L G ^b  

^a Universidade de Alfenas   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua; CNS; Essential oil; Ethanolic extract; Induced seizures; Rota rod

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PENTETRAZOLE; PICROTOXIN; PILOCARPINE; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; LATENT PERIOD; LD 50; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA;

EID: 0042327959     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-6618(03)00216-0     Document Type: Article

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