Evaluation of central nervous system effects of Passiflora incarnata in experimental animals

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-91

  Dhawan, Kamaldeep ^a   Kumar, Suresh ^a   Sharma, Anupam ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiolytics; CNS; Inflammation; Passiflora incarnata Linn.; Sedatives

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARRAGEENAN; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT; PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT LEAF; SEDATION; WRITHING TEST;

ANIMALIA; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA;

EID: 0037783797     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.41.2.87.14241     Document Type: Article

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