Bioactivity of Excoecaria agallocha

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 521-526

  Subhan, Nusrat ^a   Alam, Mohammad Ashraful ^b   Ahmed, Firoj ^c   Shahid, Israt Jahan ^c   Nahar, Lutfun ^d   Sarker, Satyajit Dey ^d  

^a Northern University   (Bangladesh)

^b STAMFORD UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH   (Bangladesh)

^c KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Euphorbiaceae; Excoecaria agallocha; Hole cross test; Open field test; Sodium thiopental

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSORBATE 80; THIOPENTAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BARK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HOLE CROSS TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; SEDATION; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SLEEP TIME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 62849088806     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2008000400004     Document Type: Article

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