Antidepressant effect of Crocus sativus L. stigma extracts and their constituents, crocin and safranal, in mice

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 650, Issue , 2004, Pages 435-445

  Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^a   Karimi, Gholamreza ^a   Niapoor, Maryam ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antidepressant activity; Crocin; Crocus sativus; Safranal

Indexed keywords

EID: 27444432701     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.650.54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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