Central nervous system depressant activity of an ethyl acetate extract from Ipomoea stans roots

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-247

  Herrera Ruiz, Maribel ^a   Gutiérrez, Carmen ^b   Enrique Jimenez Ferrer J ^a   Tortoriello, Jaime ^a   Mirón, Gumersindo ^c   León, Ismael ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Convolvulaceae; GABA; Ipomoea stans; Mexican traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; DIAZEPAM; IPOMOEA STANS EXTRACT; PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSORBATE 20; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPNOSIS; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA STANS; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; SEDATION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IPOMOEA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PENTOBARBITAL; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SEIZURES; SOLVENTS; SWIMMING;

CONVOLVULACEAE; IPOMOEA STANS; MUS;

EID: 34249278448     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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