Evidence for excitatory and inhibitory amino acids participation in the neuropharmacological activity of alpha- and beta-amyrin acetate

Open Pharmacology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Aragão, Gislei F ^a   Carneiro, Lyvia M V ^a   Junior, Antônio P F ^a   Bandeira, Paulo N ^a   Lemos, Telma L G ^a   Viana, Glauce S De B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetate of alpha and beta amyrin; Anticonvulsant and anxiolytic effects; Burseraceae; Protium heptaphyllum; Sedative

Indexed keywords

3 O ACETYL ALPHA BETA AMYRIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ASPARTIC ACID; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; PENTETRAZOLE; PILOCARPINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TAURINE; TRANQUILIZER; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTIUM HEPTAPHYLLUM; SEDATION; SLEEP; SWISS WEBSTER MOUSE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 77953449218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18741436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874143600903010009     Document Type: Article

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