Medicinal plants used in Iranian traditional medicine to treat epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 328-332

  Sahranavard, Shamim ^a   Ghafari, Saeedeh ^a   Mosaddegh, Mahmoud ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Iranian traditional medicine; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BRYONIA ALBA EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA BONDUC EXTRACT; CEDRUS DEODARA EXTRACT; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; CUSCUTA EPITHYMUM EXTRACT; FERULA ASAFOETIDA EXTRACT; FERULA GUMMOSA EXTRACT; FERULA PERSICA EXTRACT; LAVANDULA STOECHAS EXTRACT; ORIGANUM MAJORANA EXTRACT; PAEONIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; SQUILL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIA LONGA; ARISTOLOCHIA ROTUNDA; BALSAM TOLU; BALSAMODENDRON MYRRHA; BRYONIA; BRYONIA ALBA; BRYONIA DIOICA; CAESALPINIA BONDUC; CEDRUS; CEDRUS DEODARA; COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA OPOBALSAMUM; CORIANDER; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA EPITHYMUM; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; FERULA; FERULA ASAFOETIDA; FERULA PERSICA; GALBANUM; HUMAN; INULA; INULA CONYZA; IRAN; IRANIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; LAGOECIA CUMINOIDES; LAVANDULA STOECHAS; LAVENDER; MARJORAM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDLINE; MELILOTUS; MYROXYLON; MYROXYLON PEREIRAE; NONHUMAN; OPOPANAX CHIRONIUM; PAEONIA; PAEONIA OFFICINALIS; PARIETARIA; PARIETARIA CRETICA; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POPULUS; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS NIGRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUSCUS ACULEATUS; SESELI TORTUOSUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRIGONELLA; TRIGONELLA CAERULEA; TRIGONELLA HAMOSA; WOOD; ANIMAL; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; IRAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84899643634     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2014.01.013     Document Type: Review

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