Protective activity of Hab-e-jund a unani formulation against convulsions in mice

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 724-731

  Koneru, Anupama ^a   Satyanarayana, S ^b   Mukkanti, K ^c   Abedulla Khan, K ^a   Pavan Kumar, K ^a  

^a SULTAN UL ULOOM COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Febrile convulsions; Hab e jund; Maximum electroshock; Pentylenetetrazol; Unani

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM; HAB E JUND; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACACIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG FORMULATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GREECE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SUSPENSION;

EID: 77649277999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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