Previous studies showed that a mixture, Coriaria Lactone (CL), extracted from a traditional Chinese herb Loranthus Parasiticus Mer, had a great excitatory influence on the nervous system, resulting in seizure. But what component in CL causes seizure is unclear. Tutin is a pure chemical component
Coriaria Lactone (CL) is a mixture that has been used to establish animal models of epilepsy. In this study, we focused on the epileptogenic action of tutin, a pure chemical component derived from CL. Rats were implanted with a guide cannula for microinjection of tutin into either of the lateral