Anticonvulsant activity of Aloe vera leaf extract in acute and chronic models of epilepsy in mice

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 477-485

  Rathor, Naveen ^a   Arora, Tarun ^b   Manocha, Sachin ^b   Patil, Amol N ^b   Mediratta, Pramod K ^c   Sharma, Krishna K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^c SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; ICES; kindling; MES; mice; pentylenetetrazole

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA; ICES; KINDLING; MES; MICE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE;

ALOE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SEIZURES;

EID: 84894289168     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: 20427158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jphp.12181     Document Type: Article

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