Anticonvulsant activity of ethanol leaf extract of spathodea campanulata P. Beauv (Bignoniaceae)

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 827-833

  Ilodigwe, Emmanuel E ^a,b   Akah, Peter A ^c   Nworu, Chukwuemeka S ^c  

^a NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

anticonvulsant activity; electroshock seizures; pentylenetetrazole; picrotoxin; Spathodea campanulata

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIGNONIACEAE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHTING REFLEX; ROTAROD TEST; SLEEP TIME; SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BIGNONIACEAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX, RIGHTING; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SEIZURES;

ANIMALIA; BIGNONIACEAE; MUS; SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA;

EID: 77955193603     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.0144     Document Type: Article

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