Antiepileptic activity of alcohol and aqueous extracts of roots and rhizomes of smilax zeylanica linn

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 263-272

  Madhavan, V ^a   Hemalatha, H T ^a   Murali, Anita ^a   Yoganarasimhan, S N ^a  

^a M S RAMAIAH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic activity; Maximal electro shock; Pentylenetetrazole; Smilax zeylanica

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIAZEPAM; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SMILAX ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOME; SARSAPARILLA; SMILAX ZEYLANICA;

EID: 58049092809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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