Sedative and anticonvulsant activities of methanol extract of Dorstenia arifolia in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-12

  Zapata Sudo, Gisele ^a   Mendes, Thaiana C F ^a   Kartnaller, Marcelle A ^a   Fortes, Tiago O ^a   Freitas, Nathália F B ^a   Kaplan, Maria Auxiliadora Coelho ^a   Sudo, Roberto Takashi ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant activity; Dorstenia arifolia; GABAergic transmission; Moraceae; Sedation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DORSTENIA ARIFOLIA EXTRACT; FLUMAZENIL; METHANOL; NALOXONE; PENTETRAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOHIMBINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DORSTENIA ARIFOLIA; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RHIZOME; SEDATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MORACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METHANOL; MICE; MORACEAE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

DORSTENIA ARIFOLIA; MORACEAE; MUS;

EID: 77953807960     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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