An aqueous extract of trunk bark of Ficus religiosa has anxiolytic activity

Medical Science Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 817-819

  Ratnasooriya, W D ^a   Jayakody, J R A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Anxiolysis; Ficus religiosa; Sedation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SEDATION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREE;

ANIMALIA; FICUS RELIGIOSA;

EID: 0032420457     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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