Anticonvulsant effect of artemisia capillaris herba in mice

Biomolecules and Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-347

  Woo, Tae Seon ^a,e   Yoon, Seo Young ^a   dela Peña, Ike Campomayor ^a   Choi, Ji Young ^a   Lee, Hye Lim ^a   Choi, Yoon Jung ^a   Lee, Yong Soo ^b   Ryu, Jong Hoon ^c   Choi, Jae Sue ^d   Cheong, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Sahmyook University   (South Korea)

^b Duksung Women's University   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsion; Artemisia capillaris; Esculetin; GABA; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA CAPILLARIS EXTRACT; BICUCULLINE; CHLORIDE; DIAZEPAM; ESCULETIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; ROTAROD TEST; SEIZURE;

ARTEMISIA CAPILLARIS; MUS; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 79961230709     PISSN: 19769148     EISSN: 20054483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2011.19.3.342     Document Type: Article

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