Studies on neuropharmacological profile of ethanol extract of Moringa oleifera leaves in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 783-789

  Bakre, Adewale G ^a   Aderibigbe, Adegbuyi O ^a   Ademowo, Olusegun G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Central nervous system; Epilepsy; Moinga oleifera; Novelty induced behavior; Sedative

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DIAZEPAM; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONVULSION; HYPNOSIS; LD 50; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MORINGACEAE; MUS; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

ANXIOLYTIC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPILEPSY; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NOVELTY INDUCED BEHAVIOR; SEDATIVE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SEIZURES; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

EID: 84884413732     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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