Anticonvulsant activity of Mitragyna parvifolia leaves extract

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 101-106

  Kaushik, Dhirender ^a   Khokra, Sukhbir Lal ^a   Kaushik, Pawan ^a   Saneja, Ankit ^a   Arora, Divya ^a  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant effects; Maximal electroshock; Mice; Mitragyna parvifolia; Pentylenetetrazole

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; MITRAGYNA PARVIFOLIA EXTRACT; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPILEPSY; HINDLIMB; MITRAGYNA; MITRAGYNA PARVIFOLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SEIZURE;

EID: 74549142458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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