Modern approaches for selecting biologically active plants I: CNS depressants
✍ Scribed by N. R. Farnsworth; J. P. Bederka Jr.; M. Moses
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 352 KB
- Volume
- 63
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3549
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✦ Synopsis
Based on literature reports and other arbitrarily assigned criteria, a method is suggested with which one can select plants with high theoretical probability for CNS depressant activity. Their extracts experimentally demonstrate this activity. The method was tested by selecting 11 high scoring plants and 16 low scoring plants from a list of 575 plants which theoretically should contain CNS depressant principles. These 27 plants were screened for CNS depressant activity utilizing the activity cage.
A statistically significant difference was found between plants selected from the top of the list and those selected from the bottom of the list.
Keyphrases 0 Medicinal plants-novel approach for selecting plants with CNS activity 0 Phytological screening-novel approach for selecting biologically active plants, CNS activity Screening, biologically active plants-novel approach for selection using literature and assigned criteria