Effect of crude extracts of Erythrina americana Mill. on aggressive behavior in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-196

  Garín Aguilar, Ma Eugenia ^a   Ramírez Luna, Jorge E ^a   Soto Hernández, Marcos ^b   Valencia del Toro, Gustavo ^a   Martínez Vázquez, Mariano ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Programa de Botanica ^*  (Mexico)

^c Instituto de Quimica de la UNAM   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alkaloids; Erythrina americana; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ERYTHRINA AMERICANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

AGGRESSION; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIAZEPAM; ERYTHRINA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034142384     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00121-X     Document Type: Article

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