Anticonvulsant effects of a glycoside isolated from the leaf of Spathodea campanulata P. Beauv

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1895-1900

  Ilodigwe, Emmanuel E ^a   Akah, Peter A ^a   Okoye, Theophine C ^a   Omeje, Edwin O ^b  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Electro shock; Glycoside; Pentylenetetrazole; Spathodea campanulata

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLYCOSIDE; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENOBARBITAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URS 12 EN 27ALPHA,30 DI OIC ACID 3 0 ALPHA LEVO RHAMNOPYRANOSYL (1-2) ALPHA LEVO ARABINOPYRANOSIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIGNONIACEAE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; LD 50; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SEIZURE; SLEEP TIME; SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA; TOXICITY TESTING;

SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA;

EID: 78549282391     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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