Sedative effects of crude extract of Passiflora incarnata after oral administration

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Speroni, E ^a   Billi, R ^a   Mercati, V ^b   Boncompagni, E ^b   Toja, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Aboca Labs   (Italy)

Author keywords

CNS activity; oral administration; Passiflora incarnata; sedative activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT; PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTIONATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SEDATION; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SLEEP TIME; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA;

EID: 0030483476     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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