Anticonvulsant effect of methanolic extract of Echium amoenum Fisch and C.A. Mey. against seizure induced by picrotoxin in mice

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 772-776

  Heidari, M R ^a,d   Mandegary, A ^b   Hosseini, A ^a   Vahedian, M ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Faculty of Pharmacy   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Echium amoenum Fisch and C.A. Mey; Picrotoxin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ECHIUM; ECHIUM AMOENUM;

EID: 33646371985     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.772.776     Document Type: Article

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