Sedative and anticonvulsant activities of the aqueous root extract of Sanseviera liberica Gerome & Labroy (Agavaceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-114

  Adeyemi, Olufunmilayo O ^a   Yemitan, Omoniyi K ^b   Adebiyi, Olayemi O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Bicuculline; Picrotoxin; Sanseviera liberica; Sedative; Strychnine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLORPROMAZINE; OIL; PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SANSEVIERA LIBERICA EXTRACT; SAPONIN; SEDATIVE AGENT; STRYCHNINE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LD 50; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SANSEVIERA LIBERICA; SEDATION; SLEEP TIME; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGAVACEAE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHLORPROMAZINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEIZURES; SLEEP;

AGAVACEAE; ANIMALIA; MUS; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 34447548921     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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