Anticonvulsant and neurotoxicity profile of Nardostachys jatamansi in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 351-356

  Rao, Vidya S ^a   Rao, Anjali ^b   Karanth, K Sudhakar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c NITTE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Maximal electroshock; Nardostachys jatamansi; Neurotoxicity; Rats

Indexed keywords

NARDOSTACHYS JATAMANSI EXTRACT; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; MEDICINAL PLANT; NARDOSTACHYS JATAMANSII; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; NARDOSTACHYS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENYTOIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; NARDOSTACHYS JATAMANSI; VALERIANACEAE;

EID: 27644554506     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.06.031     Document Type: Article

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