Evaluation of cytotoxicity and anticonvulsant activity of some Iranian medicinal Ferula species

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-246

  Bagheri, Seyyed Majid ^a   Sahebkar, Amirhossein ^a   Gohari, Ahmad Reza ^b   Saeidnia, Soodabeh ^b   Malmir, Maryam ^b   Iranshahi, Mehrdad ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant activity; Cytotoxicity; Ferula; Methanol extract

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FERULA ASSAFOETIDA EXTRACT; FERULA BADRAKEMA EXTRACT; FERULA DIVERSIVITTATA EXTRACT; FERULA LATISECTA EXTRACT; FERULA OVINA EXTRACT; FERULA PERSICA EXTRACT; PENTETRAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; FENNEL; IRAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ARTEMIA; CONVULSANTS; FERULA; IRAN; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RESINS, PLANT; SEIZURES;

APIACEAE; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; FERULA; FERULA PERSICA; MUS;

EID: 77249134511     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903081796     Document Type: Article

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