Anticonvulsant and antioxidant effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Cyperus rotundus rhizome on pentylentetrazole-induced kindling model in male mice

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1140-1146

  Khalili, Mohsen ^a   Kiasalari, Zahra ^a   Roghani, Mehrdad ^a   Azizi, Yaser ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cyperus rotundus; Epilepsy; Malondialdehyde (MDA); Nitric oxide (NO); Pentylentetrazole (PTZ); Superoxide dismutase (SOD)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CYPERUS ROTUNDAS EXTRACT; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPERUS; CYPERUS ROTUNDAS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENCY; KINDLING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RHIZOME; SEIZURE;

CYPERUS ROTUNDUS; MUS;

EID: 79955557304     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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