A researches show that sewak ( miswak ) have
anti-convulsion effect
بحث علمي يثبت خاصية مضادة للصرع
في أعواد السواك
Anticonvulsant and sedative effects of Salvadora persica L.
stem extracts.
Monforte MT, Trovato A, Rossitto A, Forestieri AM, D'Aquino A, Miceli N,
Galati EM.
Pharmaco-Biological Department, School of Pharmacy, University of Messina, Vill.
SS. Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy.
The effect of Salvadora persica L. stem extracts on the potentiation of sodium
pentobarbital activity and on generalized tonic-clonic seizure produced by
pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) on the rat is reported. The extracts of Salvadora
persica L. extended sleeping-time and decreased induction-time induced by sodium
pentobarbital; in addition it showed protection against pentylenetetrazol-induced
convulsion by increasing the latency period and diminishing the death rate.
Copyright 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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PMID: 12112302 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]