Antidepressant effect of the ethanolic extracts of the roots of Morinda officinalis in rats and mice

Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 739-741

  Zhang, Z Q ^a   Yuan, L ^a   Zhao, N ^a   Xu, Y K ^a   Yang, M ^a   Luo, Z P ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antidepressant effect; Desipramine; Differential reinforcement of low rate 72 second schedule; Ethanolic extract; Forced swimming test; Morinda officinalis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; MORINDA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0034500482     PISSN: 10012494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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