Open AccessPhytochemical screening and anticonvulsant studies of ethyl acetate fraction of Globimetula braunii on laboratory animals
Author(s) -
Musa Aliyu,
A.A. Musa,
Muhammad Ja'afar Kamal,
Musa Mohammed
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine/asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 2588-9222
pISSN - 2221-1691
DOI - 10.12980/apjtb.4.2014c925
Subject(s) - phytochemical , ethyl acetate , anticonvulsant , traditional medicine , chemistry , fraction (chemistry) , terpene , ethanol , pharmacology , convulsion , epilepsy , terpenoid , anthraquinones , medicine , chromatography , organic chemistry , biology , biochemistry , botany , psychiatry
To investigate the phytochemical properties and the anticonvulsant potential of the ethyl acetate soluble fraction of ethanol leaf extract of Globimetula braunii, a plant used in ethnomedicine for the treatment of epilepsy.