Role of 5-hydroxytryptamine in Moringa oleifera induced potentiation of pentobarbitone hypnosis in albino rats

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 632-635

  Ray, Kausik ^a   Hazra, Rimi ^a   Debnath, Pratip Kr ^b   Guha, Debjani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Kolkata India   (India)

Author keywords

EEG; Moringa oleifera; PB sleeping time; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ENZYME INHIBITION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY; SLEEPING TIME;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

PENTOBARBITAL; SCAVENGER; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HYPNOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SLEEP; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; PENTOBARBITAL; RATS; SEROTONIN; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MORINGA; MORINGA OLEIFERA;

EID: 2942592386     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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