Preliminary investigation of the central nervous system effects of 'Tira-capeta' (Removing the Devil), a cigarette used by some Quilombolas living in pantanal wetlands of Brazil

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1248-1255

  Rodrigues, Eliana ^a   Gianfratti, Bruno ^a   Tabach, Ricardo ^a   Negri, Giuseppina ^a   Mendes, Fúlvio R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Ethnopharmacology; Medicinal plants; Neuroleptic; Quilombolas; Smoke

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; COMPAZ; DIAZEPAM; FLAVONOID; HALOPERIDOL; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TANNIN; TIRA CAPETA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATALEPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; EYE DISEASE; HEAVY EYE; HUMOR; HUNGER; LEISURE; LIGHTNESS SENSATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SENSATION; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; YAWNING;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATALEPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SMOKING; WETLANDS;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 52649175971     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2474     Document Type: Article

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