Neurotoxicity of Coscinium fenestratum stem, a medicinal plant used in traditional medicine

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1327-1333

  Wattanathorn, Jintanaporn ^a   Uabundit, Nongnut ^b   Itarat, Wanchai ^a   Mucimapura, Supaporn ^a   Laopatarakasem, Pisamai ^a   Sripanidkulchai, Bungorn ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coscinium fenestratum; Neurobehavior; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; COSCINIUM FENESTRATUM EXTRACT; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DENSITY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION DISORDER; CORPUS STRIATUM; COSCINIUM FENESTRATUM; DEPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LICKING; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STEREOTYPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENISPERMACEAE; NEURONS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THAILAND;

ATAXIA; COSCINIUM FENESTRATUM;

EID: 33745209191     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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