Carvacrol, (-)-borneol and citral reduce convulsant activity in rodents

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 39, 2010, Pages 6566-6572

  Quintans Júnior, Lucindo J ^a   Guimarães, Adriana G ^a   Araújo, Bruno E S ^a   Oliveira, Geovana F ^a   Santana, Marília T ^a   Moreira, Flávia V ^a   Santos, Márcio R V ^a   Cavalcanti, Sócrates C H ^a   de Lucca Jú, Waldecir ^a   Botelho, Marco A ^b   Ribeiro, Luciano A A ^c   Nóbrega, Franklin F F ^d   Almeida, Reinaldo N ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO VALE DO SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

( ) borneol; Anticonvulsant activity; Carvacrol; Citral

Indexed keywords

BORNEOL; CARVACROL; CITRAL; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; LATENT PERIOD; LETHALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; RODENT; TONIC SEIZURE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; CITRUS; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77958004342     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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