Anticonvulsant activity of kigelia pinnata bark extract

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 147-149

  Singh, Abhishek ^a   Sharma, Umesh Kumar ^a   Sharma, Umashankar ^a   Sutar, Niranjan ^a   Misra, Vimlesh ^a   Yadav, Garima ^a  

^a Sir Madanlal Group of Institution   (India)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Kigelia pinnata; MES; PTZ

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; DIAZEPAM; FLAVONOID; KIGELIA PINNATA BARK AQUEOUS EXTRACT; KIGELIA PINNATA BARK METHANOLIC EXTRACT; METHANOL; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; PROTEIN; SAPONIN; STEROID; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BARK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; KIGELIA PINNATA BARK; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAXIMAL ELECTRO SHOCK; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 83455172313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09751491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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