Antistress activity of Butea monosperma flowers

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-155

  Bhatwadekar, A D ^a   Chintawar, S D ^a   Logade, N A ^a   Somani, R S ^a   Kasture, Veena S ^a   Kasture, S B ^a  

^a Department of Pharmacology   (India)

Author keywords

Butea monosperma; Corticosterone; Serotonin; Stres; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIGHER PLANT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS;

EID: 0032940049     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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