Application of the elevated plus-maze test in mice for evaluation of the content of honokiol in water extracts of magnolia

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 593-596

  Kuribara, Hisashi ^a   Kishi, Eiko ^a   Hattori, Naoko ^b   Yuzurihara, Mitsutoshi ^b   Maruyama, Yuji ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TSUMURA AND CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic effect; Elevated plus maze; Honokiol; Magnolia obovata; Magnolia officinalis; Mice

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HONOKIOL; MAGNOLIA EXTRACT; MAGNOLOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERBAL MEDICINE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; LIGNANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; WATER;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIA; MAGNOLIA HEPTAPETALA; MAGNOLIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0032754050     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199911)13:7<593::AID-PTR520>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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