Salvia miltiorrhiza extract inhibits alcohol absorption, preference, and discrimination in sP rats

Alcohol

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-70

  Colombo, Giancarlo ^a   Agabio, Roberta ^b   Lobina, Carla ^b   Reali, Roberta ^b   Morazzoni, Paolo ^c   Bombardelli, Ezio ^c   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c INDENA S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discriminative stimulus effects of ethanol; Ethanol absorption; Pharmacotherapies for alcohol dependence; Salvia miltiorrhiza extract; Sardinian alcohol preferring (sP) rats; Voluntary ethanol intake

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ETHANOL; LAMIACEAE; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS;

ANIMALIA; SALVIA; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA;

EID: 0033008643     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(98)00069-X     Document Type: Article

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