Anticonvulsant activity of hydroalcoholic extracts from Erythrina velutina and Erythrina mulungu

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-274

  Vasconcelos, Silvânia M M ^a   Lima, Natália M ^a   Sales, Gabriel T M ^a   Cunha, Geanne M A ^a   Aguiar, Lissiana M V ^a   Silveira, Edilderto R ^a   Rodrigues, Alexandre C P ^a   Macedo, Daniele S ^a   Fonteles, Marta Maria F ^a   Sousa, Francisca Cléa F ^a   Viana, Glauce Socorro B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant effects; Erythrina mulungu; Erythrina velutina; Pentobarbital induced sleeping

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ERYTHRINA MULUNGU EXTRACT; ERYTHRINA VELUTINA EXTRACT; GLYCINE; PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT; STRYCHNINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BRAZIL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHRINA MULUNGU; ERYTHRINA VELUTINA; LATENT PERIOD; LEGUME; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; SEIZURE; SLEEP TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHRINA; GLYCINE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; PENTOBARBITAL; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEIZURES; SLEEP; STRYCHNINE;

ERYTHRINA MULUNGU; ERYTHRINA VELUTINA; FABACEAE; GLYCINE (ANGIOSPERM); MUS; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 33847104544     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.09.023     Document Type: Article

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