Assessment of neurobehavioral toxicity of Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f) Ettingsh in rats by functional observational battery after a subacute exposure

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 98-105

  Pattanayak, S P ^a   Mitra Mazumder, P ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f) Ettingsh; FOB; Hydroalcoholic extracts; Neurobehavioral toxicity; Sub acute exposure

Indexed keywords

DENDROPHTHOE FALCATE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION DISORDER; DENDROPHTHOE FALCATE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EXPOSURE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HEARING; LD 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN FIELD TEST; PUPIL REFLEX; RAT; RIGIDITY; SALIVATION; SEIZURE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREMOR; VISION; WEAKNESS; WISTAR RAT; DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FUNCTIONAL OBSERVATIONAL BATTERY; LORANTHACEAE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 74049103059     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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