Open AccessAnticonvulsant potential of ethanol extracts and their solvent partitioned fractions from Flemingia strobilifera root
Author(s) -
Kavita Gahlot,
Vijay Lal,
Shivesh Jha
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pharmacognosy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4836
pISSN - 0974-8490
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8490.118825
Subject(s) - anticonvulsant , chemistry , chloroform , ethyl acetate , diazepam , petroleum ether , ethanol , convulsion , phenytoin , pharmacology , epilepsy , traditional medicine , chromatography , medicine , organic chemistry , extraction (chemistry) , psychiatry
Flemingia strobilifera (FS) R.Br. (Fabaceae) is an important medicinal plant. In wealth of India it has been reported that roots of FS are used by santals in epilepsy, hysteria, insomnia, and to relieve pain. In Burma also the roots of F. strobilifera are used to treat epilepsy.