Plants with anticonvulsant properties - a review
نویسندگان
چکیده
Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Campus Universitário “Prof. Aloísio de Campos”, 49100-000 São Cristóvão-SE, Brazil, Laboratório de Pesquisa do Vale do São Francisco, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Caixa Postal 252, 56306-410 Petrolina-PE, Brazil, Laboratório de Tecnologia Farmacêutica, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Caixa Postal 5009, 58051-970 João Pessoa-PB, Brazil
منابع مشابه
Essential oils and their constituents: anticonvulsant activity.
A literature-based survey of plants species and their essential oils with anticonvulsant activity was carried out. As results, 30 species belonging to 13 families and 23 genera were identified for their activities in the experimental models used for anticonvulsant drug screening. Thirty chemical constituents of essential oils with anticonvulsant properties were described. Information on these 3...
متن کاملReview on Iranian Medicinal Plants with Antioxidant Properties
Antioxidants have important preventive roles, not only on undesirable changes in the flavor and nutritional quality of food, but also on tissue damage in various human diseases. Some of Iranian plants, despite wide spread use of them as medicines in Iran have been investigated for their beneficial use as an antioxidants or source of antioxidants. The present review deals with a list of such pla...
متن کاملMedicinal Plants With Antileishmanial Properties: A Review Study
Background: Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease caused by various species of the Leishmania parasites. An effective vaccine or drug to prevent the infestation or a suitable medication to cure the disease without side effects has not been provided yet. Objectives: The use of medicinal herbs in the treatment of many diseases, especially parasitic ones, dates back to prehistoric times. This a...
متن کاملReview on phytotherapy in epilepsy
The epilepsies are among the most common of neurological disorders, prevalence is about 1%1; based on this figure, there are 500 000 people in the UK who suffer from epilepsy. Approximately 70% of patients with epilepsy are well controlled by monotherapy with currently available antiepileptic drugs2. Another 5– 10% of patients are stabilized by the addition of another antiepileptic drug but the...
متن کاملA review of the current research trends in the application of medicinal plants as a source for novel therapeutic agents against Acanthamoeba infections
Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a sight-threating infection of the cornea that mostly affects contact lens wearers. Until now, AK treatment remains very difficult due to the existence of a highly resistant cyst stage in the life cycle of Acanthamoeba which is extremely resistant to most of the available anti-amoebic compounds. Moreover, current treatment of AK is usually based in the combination...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
دوره شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009