Hydroalcohol extract and fractions of Stachys lavandulifolia Vahl: Effects on spontaneous motor activity and elevated plus-maze behaviour

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 854-858

  Rabbani, M ^a   Sajjadi, S E ^a   Jalali, A ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic effect; Elevated plus maze; Stachys lavandulifolia Vahl

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; STACHYS LAVANDULIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG ISOLATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STACHYS LAVANDULIFOLIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; STACHYS;

ANIMALIA; STACHYS LAVANDULIFOLIA;

EID: 27944463192     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1701     Document Type: Article

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