Anticonvulsant Activity in Herbal Extract

Davinaa Jayasilan

Abstract: With the rapidly developing technology in medicine various anticonvulsant drugs or more accurately called as antiepileptics are made available to prevent epilepsy and seizures. However, the unwanted side effects of the available drugs such as nausea, drowsiness, ataxia, mental dullness, paresthesia, hematologic changes, hirsutism, weight gain, hypertrophy of gums, teratogenesis, and congenital malformations are becoming a serious concern. Therefore, research are being vastly conducted to discover anticonvulsant activity in herbal medicine and their antiepileptic efficacy.

Keywords: herbal, anti convulsant