Anticonvulsant evaluation of Rauvolfia ligustrina Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., Apocynaceae, in rodents;Avaliação anticonvulsivante de Rauvolfia ligustrina Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., Apocynaceae, em roedores

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-59

  Quintans Júnior, Lucindo J ^a   Siqueira, Jullyana S ^b   Melo, Mônica S ^a   Silva, Davi A ^b   Morais, Liana C S L ^b   Souza, Maria de Fátima V ^b   Almeida, Reinaldo N ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flumazenil; Kindling; Pentylenetetrazole; Picrotoxin; Rauvolfia ligustrina

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; PICROTOXIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RAUVOLFIA LIGUSTRINA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG SCREENING; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; KINDLING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; RAUVOLFIA LIGUSTRINA; SEIZURE;

EID: 77953837042     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2010000100012     Document Type: Article

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