Interaction of hydroalcoholic extract of Acorus calamus Linn. with sodium valproate and carbamazepine

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-55

  Katyal, Jatinder ^a   Sarangal, Vikas ^a   Gupta, Yogendra Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acorus calamus; Carbamazepine; Pentylenetetrazole induced seizures; Sodium valproate

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CONVULSANT AGENT; PENTETRAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; VALPROIC ACID;

ACORUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG POTENTIATION; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; SEIZURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WISTAR RAT;

ACORUS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; MALE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VALPROIC ACID;

ACORUS CALAMUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84855278495     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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