Anticonvulsant effect of Rhus chirindensis (Baker F.) (Anacardiaceae) stem-bark aqueous extract in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 130-135

  Ojewole, John A O ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant activity; Rhus chirindensis; Stem bark aqueous extract

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BICUCULLINE; DIAZEPAM; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RHUS CHIRINDENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; POISON IVY; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BICUCULLINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PICROTOXIN; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; RHUS;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS; RHUS;

EID: 40949123779     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.01.026     Document Type: Article

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