Study of convolvulus pluricaulis for antioxidant and anticonvulsant activity

Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-59

  Verma, Sristi ^a   Sinha, Reema ^a   Kumar, Puspendra ^a   Amin, Faizal ^a   Jain, Jainendra ^a   Tanwar, Shivani ^a  

^a Ram Eesh Institute of Vocational & Technical Education   (India)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant activity; Antioxidant activity; Ascorbic acid; Convolvulus pluricaulis; DPPH; MES model; Phenytoin; Pilepsy

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CONVOLVULUS PLURICAULIS EXTRACT; METHANOL; PHENYTOIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVOLVULUS; CONVOLVULUS PLURICAULIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; IC 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEIZURE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 84860519873     PISSN: 18715249     EISSN: 18756166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152412800229161     Document Type: Article

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