Preliminary study on immunological and behavioural effects of Thymus broussonetii Boiss., an endemic species in Morocco

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-419

  Elhabazi, K ^b   Dicko, A ^a   Desor, F ^a   Dalal, A ^b   Younos, C ^a   Soulimani, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Behaviour; Immunostimulant; Light dark box test; Restraint stress; Thymus broussonitii Boiss. L.

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BUTANOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; NEUROTROPIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; THYME EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOROCCO; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; THYME; THYMUS BROUSSONETII;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MOROCCO; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; THYMUS PLANT;

ANIMALIA; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 31344438384     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.08.034     Document Type: Article

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