ANTICONVULSANT EFFECT OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF AERIAL ROOT OF FICUS RELIGIOSA IN ANIMAL MODELS

摘要

Ficus religiosa commonly found tree in Indian sub-continent has numerous neuro-pharmacological effects including epilepsy in traditional medicine. Therefore, anticonvulsant effect of aqueous aerial root extract of F. religiosa at oral doses 25, 50 and 100 mg/kg was studied using Maximum electroshock (MES) and Pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) induced seizure models in mice. F. religiosa showed anticonvulsant effect dose dependently in MES & PTZ test. In MES model F. religiosa 100mg/kg significantly (p.