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Anticonvulsant activity of aqueous fraction of Carissa edulis root bark

J. Ya’uDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
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A. H. YaroDepartment of Pharmacology, Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria,
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S. MalamiDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria,
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M. A. MusaDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria,
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A. AbubakarDepartment of Pharmacognosy and Drug Development, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria,
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S. M. YahayaDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria,
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B. A. ChindoDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, ;Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria, and
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J. A. AnukaDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria,
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I. M. HussainiDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, ;Department of Pharmacology, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
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Pages 1329-1338 | Received 02 Jun 2014, Accepted 10 Oct 2014, Published online: 09 Apr 2015

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