Evaluation of central nervous system effects of iso-6-cassine isolated from Senna spectabilis var. excelsa (Schrad) in mice

Fitoterapia

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-259

  De Oliveira Silva, Fábio ^a   De Vasconcelos Silva, Maria Goretti ^a   Feng, Dejiang ^b   De Freitas, Rivelilson Mendes ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fabaceae; Open field; Pentilenotetrazol; Picrotoxin; Senna spectabilis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; ISO 6 CASSINE [2 DODECANONE, 12 [3 HYDROXY 2 METHYL 2 PIPERIDINYL)]]; PENTETRAZOLE; PICROTOXIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SENNA SPECTABILIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAROD TEST; SENNA SPECTABILIS;

ANIMALIA; CASSINE; FABACEAE; MUS; SENNA SPECTABILIS;

EID: 79952363258     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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