Pre-treatment of BALB/c mice with a centrally acting serotonin antagonist (Cyproheptadine) reduces mortality from Boophone Disticha poisoning

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-22

  Mutseura, M ^a   Tagwireyi, D ^a   Gadaga, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Animal study; CNS Psychological; Plant poisoning

Indexed keywords

BOOPHONE DISTICHA EXTRACT; CYPROHEPTADINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BOOPHONE DISTICHA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; POISONOUS PLANT; STEREOTYPY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYPROHEPTADINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYOPHYTA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HALLUCINOGENS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALIA; BOOPHANE DISTICHA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84872242591     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2012.748194     Document Type: Article

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