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Pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) and Maximal Electroshock Test (MEST) models in
mice and chicks respectively. The crude flavonoid fraction exhibited a
significant (p<0.05) latency in mean onset and mean time of death of
convulsed animal with a 20% protection at a dose of 10 mg kg-1
body weight i.p. (comparable to Valproic acid at 200 mg kg-1)
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(83.3%) in the Maximal Electroshock Test (MEST) at an optimal dose of
20 mg kg-1 body weight i.p. (comparable to Phenytoin at 20
mg kg-1). The results obtained supported the claim in the traditional
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