Anticonvulsant activity of aqueous root extract of Ficus religiosa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-96

  Patil, Minal S ^a   Patil, C R ^a   Patil, S W ^b   Jadhav, R B ^a  

^a R C PATEL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Ojas Apt B 402 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Ficus religiosa; GABA; Glycine; Magnesium; Zinc

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANXOL; DIAZEPAM; FICUS RELIGIOSA EXTRACT; GLYCINE; ISONIAZID; MAGNESIUM; PENTETRAZOLE; PICROTOXIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; STRYCHNINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FICUS RELIGIOSA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ILEUM; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORACEAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; SEIZURE; STOMACH; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FICUS; INDIA; MALE; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

ANIMALIA; FICUS RELIGIOSA; MUS; RATTUS; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 78650678593     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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