Anticonvulsant Activity of Hydroalcoholic Extract of Citrullus colocynthis Fruit: Involvement of Benzodiazepine and Opioid Receptors.

Mehrzadi, Saeed; Shojaii, Asie; Pur, Sogol Attari; Motevalian, Manijeh

Mehrzadi, Saeed; Shojaii, Asie; Pur, Sogol Attari; Motevalian, Manijeh.

Affiliation

Mehrzadi S; Razi Drug Research Center, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shojaii A; Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Pur SA; Razi Drug Research Center, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Motevalian M; Razi Drug Research Center, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran motevalian.m@iums.ac.ir.

J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med ; 21(4): NP31-5, 2016 Oct.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26634927

Subject(s)

Anticonvulsants/pharmacology; Citrullus colocynthis/chemistry; Plant Extracts/pharmacology; Receptors, Opioid/metabolism; Seizures/drug therapy; Animals; Anticonvulsants/chemistry; Anticonvulsants/therapeutic use; Benzodiazepines; Flavonoids; Flumazenil; Fruit/chemistry; Herb-Drug Interactions; Male; Medicine, Arabic; Mice; Naloxone; Pentylenetetrazole; Plant Extracts/chemistry; Plant Extracts/therapeutic use; Seizures/chemically induced

Key words

Citrullus colocynthis; anticonvulsant; naloxane; pentylenetetrazole; traditional persian medicine

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Traditional Medicines: Medicinas_tradicionales_de_asia / Medicina_unani Therapeutic Methods and Therapies TCIM: Terapias_biologicas Main subject: Seizures / Plant Extracts / Receptors, Opioid / Citrullus colocynthis / Anticonvulsants Language: En Journal: J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med Year: 2016 Type: Article Affiliation country: Iran

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