Activity of a traditional South African epilepsy remedy in the GABA-benzodiazepine receptor assay

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 603-606

  Jäger, Anna K ^a   Mohoto, Seemole P ^b   Van Heerden, Fanie R ^c   Viljoen, Alvaro M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Binding assay; Epilepsy; GABA benzodiazepine receptor; Sotho traditional medicine; South Africa

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACROTOME INFLATA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; APTOSIMUM INDIVISIUM EXTRACT; ASPARAGUS SUAVEOLENS EXTRACT; BARLERIA BOLUSII EXTRACT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; COMMIPHORA MARLOTHII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SESAUM TRIPHYLLUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FLUMAZENIL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; COMMIPHORA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PLANT; RADIOASSAY; RAT;

ACROTOME; APTOSIMUM; ASPARAGUS; BARLERIA; COMMIPHORA; SESAMUM;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; FLUMAZENIL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 21644480882     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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