Anticonvulsant and antioxidative activity of hydroalcoholic extract of tuber of Orchis mascula in pentylenetetrazole and maximal electroshock induced seizures in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-27

  Pahuja, Monika ^a   Mehla, Jogender ^a   Kumar Gupta, Yogendra ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase activity; Cognitive impairment; Maximal electroshock; Orchis mascula; Oxidative stress; Pentylenetetrazole

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; ORCHIS MASCULA HYDROALCOHOLIC EXTRACT; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEARNING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; ORCHIS MASCULA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PLANT TUBER; RAT; SEIZURE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TENDON REFLEX;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; ELECTROSHOCK; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MAZE LEARNING; ORCHIDACEAE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

ORCHIS MASCULA; RATTUS;

EID: 84861963202     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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