Pharmacological screening of Malian medicinal plants used against epilepsy and convulsions

Mikael E Pedersen; Henrik T Vestergaard; Suzanne L Hansen; Sekou Bah; Drissa Diallo; Anna Jäger

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.11.006

Pharmacological screening of Malian medicinal plants used against epilepsy and convulsions

Mikael E Pedersen, Henrik T Vestergaard, Suzanne L Hansen, Sekou Bah, Drissa Diallo, Anna Jäger

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Abstract

Several medicinal plants are used in Mali to treat epilepsy and convulsions. So far, no studies have investigated the pharmacological effect of these plants.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Volume	121
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	472-475
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0378-8741
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2008.11.006
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

Animals
Anticonvulsants
Epilepsy
GABA-A Receptor Agonists
Male
Mali
Mice
Pentylenetetrazole
Phytotherapy
Plant Extracts
Plants, Medicinal
Rats
Seizures

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Pharmacological screening of Malian medicinal plants used against epilepsy and convulsions

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