The Sodium Valproate: Doctor Jekyll and
Mister Hyde
Volume 1 - Issue 5
Jean Louis Bossu*
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- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, Strasbourg, France
*Corresponding author:
Jean Louis Bossu, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, INCI, ULP 5 rue Blaise Pascal 67000
Strasbourg, France
Received: August 1, 2018; Published: August 29, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/OJNBD.2018.01.000122
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Abstract
The sodium valproate (VPA) is a very simple structural
compound derived from the valeric acid produced by a plant
“Valeriana officinalis”. Extract s of this this plant were used by the
doctors of Ancient Greece to cure insomnia and by the Romans to
treat palpitations and arrhythmia
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