Effects of Hypericum calycinum L. extract on the central nervous system in mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 700-702

  Öztürk, Yusuf ^a   Aydin, Süleyman ^a   Beis, Rana ^a   Can Baçer, K Hüsnü ^a   Berberoǧlu, Hülya ^b  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Biochemistry   (Turkey)

Author keywords

analgesia; antidepressant drugs; central nervous system; depression; Hypericum calycinum

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; FENOPROFEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM CALYCINUM EXTRACT; MORPHINE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIMIPRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SWIMMING; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANIMALIA; HYPERICUM CALYCINUM;

EID: 0030498122     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199612)10:8<700::AID-PTR929>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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