Estrogen-dependent effect of soy extract on pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in rats

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1470-1475

  Mohammadpour, Toktam ^a   Hosseini, Mahmoud ^a,b   Karami, Reza ^b   Sadeghnia, Hamid Reza ^b   Bideskan, Ali Reza Ebrahimzadeh ^a   Enayatfard, Lili ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ovariectomy; Rat; Seizures; Soybeans

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PENTETRAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; SOY EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; SOYBEANS;

EID: 84872037787     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20121221     Document Type: Article

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