Sedative, antiepileptic and antipsychotic effects of Viscum album L. (Loranthaceae) in mice and rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 810-816

  Gupta, Gaurav ^a   Kazmi, Imran ^a   Afzal, Muhammad ^a   Rahman, Mahfoozur ^b   Saleem, Shakir ^c   Ashraf, Md Shamim ^c   Khusroo, Mohammad Javed ^c   Nazeer, Khalid ^d   Ahmed, Sayeed ^c   Mujeeb, Mohd ^a   Ahmed, Zubair ^c   Anwar, Firoz ^a  

^a Siddhartha Institute of Pharmacy   (India)

^b Dreamz College of Pharmacy   (India)

^c HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d HIPR   (India)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic; Antipsychotic; GABA; Rodents; Sedative; Viscum album L.

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; ISONIAZID; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATALEPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INSOMNIA; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PSYCHOSIS; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SLEEP TIME; STEREOTYPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VISCUM ALBUM;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; APOMORPHINE; CATALEPSY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HALOPERIDOL; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; ISONIAZID; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP; VISCUM ALBUM;

LORANTHACEAE; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 84861336139     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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