MEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Pharmacy (IRJP) - Year 2011, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Epilepsy may be defined as a neuropsychological disorder, which occurs due to over discharge of neurotransmitter substance. Epilepsy differs from seizure; a seizure is the paroxysmal events due to abnormal excessive hyper synchronous discharge from an aggregate of central nervous system (CNS) neurons. There are number of drugs available for treatment of epilepsy in modern therapy. But the major disadvantage being faced is their chronic side effects. One patient out of three is resistant to antiepileptic drug. , thus there is a need of new drugs which have least side effect and minimum interaction and provide more effectiveness. From times immemorial plants have been used by mankind for their relieving and therapeutic abilities and still we rely on their healing properties. Plants with number of active constituent have a direct pharmacological action on our body including various organs. One such major complex organ is brain, so complex that still only few drugs are approved by drug authorities for ailments like epilepsy. The Indian system of medicine “Ayurveda” classified the plants affecting central nervous system. Treatment of epilepsy with herbal drugs as adjuvant seems to be more beneficial and is gaining more popularity due to their fewer side effects. Herbal drugs are acting at target site having same mechanism of action as that of synthetic drugs. There are number of drugs being used in the traditional medicine for treatment of epilepsy and presently many of these drugs are being explored scientifically to ascertain their anticonvulsant activity.
Authors and Affiliations
Reetesh Malvi , Papiya Bigoniya , Sunny Sethi , Sonam Jain
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP134959
- DOI -
- Views 102
- Downloads 0
DEVELOPMENT AND SIMULTANEOUS VALIDATION OF STABILITY INDICATING RP-HPLC METHOD FOR THE ASSAY OF MONTELUKAST AND RUPATADINE IN SOLID DOSAGE FORM
This paper emphasizes on a new simple, accurate, rapid and precise Isocratic Reverse Phase HPLC method for Simultaneous Estimation and Validation of Montelukast sodium and Rupatadine fumarate in Tablet formulation.The M...
LABORATORY MODELS FOR SCREENING ANALGESICS
Pain is a complex unpleasant phenomenon composed of sensory experiences that include time, space, intensity, emotion, cognition and motivation. Analgesics are the agents, which selectively relieve pain by acting in the C...
NEW POLYMERIC FILM COATING FOR COLON TARGETING AND IT’S EVALUATION
The major objective is to optimize the properties of new polymeric films based on blends of cellulose acetate and guar gum. Recently guar gum was shown to be highly promising polymer for the colon targeting drug delivery...
ANALGESIC ACTIVITY OF LEAVES EXTRACTS OF SAMANEA SAMAN MERR., AND PROSOPIS CINERARIA DRUCE.
Current study was designed to explore the analgesic effects of methanol extracts of the leaves of Samanea saman Merr., and Prosopis cineraria Druce., using tail immersion test. The painful reactions in mice were produce...
PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING, ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES OF COMMELINA NUDIFLORA (COMMELINACEAE)
The present study was carried out to study the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of Commelina nudiflora extracts and to analyze the extracts for secondary metabolites. Chloroform, acetone and ethanolic extracts of...