Interesting Asian plants: Their compounds and effects on electrophysiology and behavior

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Abdullah, Jafri Malin ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Electrophysiology; GABA; Long term potentiation; Medicinal chemistry; Neurosciences; Plants

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ASIATIC ACID; DIAZEPAM; MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS EXTRACT; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X 1OOOA; X 1OOOB; ZIZYPHUS MARITIANA EXTRACT;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BURN; CENTELLA ASIATICA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HEADACHE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; IC 50; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MITRAGYNA; MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; NUTMEG; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN PAIN;

EID: 80053489126     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: 21804303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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