Anticonvulsant effect of kaurenoic acid isolated from the root bark of Annona senegalensis

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-43

  Okoye, Theophine C ^a   Akah, Peter A ^a   Omeje, Edwin O ^a   Okoye, Festus B C ^b,c   Nworu, Chukwuemeka S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kaurenoic acid; Mice; Pentylenetetrazole; Tonic clonic seizures

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; KAURENOIC ACID; PENTETRAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANNONA; ANTICONVULSANTS; DITERPENES; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; PLANT BARK; RATS; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST;

ANNONA SENEGALENSIS; ANNONACEAE; MUS;

EID: 84878218121     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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