Anticonvulsant activity and chemical composition of Artemisia dracunculus L. essential oil

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 94, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 283-287

  Sayyah, Mohammad ^a   Nadjafnia, Leila ^b   Kamalinejad, Mohammad ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

GC MS; Maximal electroshock; Monoterpenoids; Pentylenetetrazole; Tarragon

Indexed keywords

ALLO OCIMENE; ALPHA OCIMENE; ALPHA TERPINOLENE; ANETHOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS EXTRACT; BETA PINENE; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; BORNYL ACETATE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIMONENE; METHYL EUGENOL; PINENE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FUNCTION TEST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRAN; LETHALITY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; SEDATION; SEIZURE; TOXICOKINETICS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ARTEMISIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; MALE; MICE; OILS, VOLATILE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEIZURES;

EID: 4344689069     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.05.021     Document Type: Article

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