Antidepressant-like activity of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. in mouse models of immobility tests

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 449-454

  Dhingra, Dinesh ^a   Sharma, Amandeep ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Depression; Forced swim test; Glycyrrhiza glabra; Reserpine; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FENCLONINE; FLUVOXAMINE; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; IMIPRAMINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NORADRENALIN; PRAZOSIN; RESERPINE; SEROTONIN; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUOXETINE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 33646028774     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2005.11.019     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Ambawade S.D., Kasture V.S., and Kasture S.B. Anxiolytic activity of Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn. J Nat Rem 2 (2001) 130-134
2. Ambawade S.D., Kasture V.S., and Kasture S.B. Anticonvulsant activity of roots and rhizomes of Glycyrrhiza glabra. Indian J Pharmacol 34 (2002) 251-255
3. In: Bisset N.G. (Ed). Herbal drugs and pharmaceuticals (1994), Medpharm Scientific Publishers, Stuttgart 303
4. In: Bradley P.R. (Ed). British herbal compendium vol. 1 (1992), British Herbal Medicine Association, Dorset, England 145-148
5. British Pharmacopoeia. Liquorice liquid extract (1993), British Pharmacopoeia Commission, London 985
6. Bryant S.G., and Brown C.S. Current concepts in clinical therapeutics: major affective disorders: Part 2. Clin Pharm 5 (1986) 385-395
7. Detke M.J., Rickels M., and Lucki I. Active behavior in the rat forced swimming test differentially produced by serotonergic and noradrenergic antidepressants. Psychopharmacology 121 (1995) 66-72
8. Dhingra D., Parle M., and Kulkarni S.K. Memory enhancing activity of Glycyrrhiza glabra in mice. J Ethnopharmacol 91 (2004) 361-365
9. Fountoulakis K.N., O'Hara R., Iacovides A., Camilleri C.P., Kaprinis S., Kaprinis G., et al. Unipolar late-onset depression: a comprehensive review. Ann Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2 (2003) 11
10. Fukai T., Marumo A., Kaitou K., Kanda T., Terada S., and Nomura T. Antimicrobial activity of licorice flavonoids against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Fitoterapia 73 (2002) 536-539
11. Gold P.W., Goodwin F.K., and Chrousus G.P. Clinical and biochemical manifestations of depression in relation to the neurobiology of stress: Part 1. N Engl J Med 319 (1988) 348-353
12. Goodwin F.K., and Bunney W.E. Depressions following reserpine: a re-evaluation. Sem Psychiatry 3 (1971) 435-448
13. Hatano T., Fukuda T., Miyase T., Noro T., and Okuda T. Phenolic constituents of liquorice. III. Structures of glicoricone and licofuranone, and inhibitory effects of licorice constituents on monoamine oxidase. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 39 (1991) 1238-1243
14. Hikino H. Recent research on oriental medicinal plants. In: Wagner H., Hikino H., and Farnsworth N.R. (Eds). Economic and medicinal plant research (1985), Academic press, London 53
15. Indian Herbal Pharmacopoeia. Glycyrrhiza glabra vol. 1 (1998), Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association, Mumbai and Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu-Tawi 95-96
16. Kanazawa I. Short review on monoamine oxidase and its inhibitors. Eur Neurol 34 Suppl. 3 (1994) 36-39
17. Kaur G., and Kulkarni S.K. Selective alpha2-adrenoceptor blockade produces antidepressant effect in mice. Indian J Pharmacol 30 (1998) 394-398
18. Kulkarni S.K., and Mehta A.K. Purine nucleoside-mediated immobility in mice: reversal by antidepressants. Psychopharmacology 85 (1985) 460-463
19. Lata S., Saxena R.S., Kumar A., Kakkar S., Srivastava V.K., and Saxena K.K. Comparative antipyretic activity of Ocimum sanctum, Glycyrrhiza glabra and aspirin in experimentally induced pyrexia in rats. Indian J Pharmacol 31 (1999) 71-75
20. Okada K., Tanaka J., Miyashita A., and Imoto K. High-speed liquid chromatographic analysis of constituents in licorice root. I. Determination of glycyrrhizin. Yakugaku Zasshi 101 (1981) 822-828
21. Pharmacopoeia of India. Liquorice liquid extract. 2nd ed. (1966), Ministry of Health, Govt. of India, Delhi 408
22. Porsolt R.D., Bertin A., and Jalfre M. Behavioral despair in mice: a primary screening test for antidepressants. Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther 229 (1977) 327-336
23. Porsolt R.D., Anton G., Deniel M., and Jalfre M. Behavioral despair in rats: a new animal model sensitive to antidepressant treatments. Eur J Pharmacol 47 (1978) 379-391
24. Porsolt R.D., Bertin A., Blavet N., Deniel M., and Jalfre M. Immobility induced by forced swimming in rats: effects of agents, which modify central catecholamine and serotonin activity. Eur J Pharmacol 57 (1979) 201-210
25. Rodrigues A.S., da Silva G.L., Mateussi A.S., Fernandes E.S., Miguel O.G., Yunes R.A., et al. Involvement of monoaminergic system in the antidepressant-like effect of the hydroalcoholic extract of Siphocampylus verticillatus. Life Sci 70 (2002) 1347-1358
26. Shibata S. A drug over the millennia: pharmacognosy, chemistry and pharmacology of licorice. Yakugaku Zasshi 120 (2000) 849-862
27. Steru L., Chermat R., Thierry B., and Simon P. The tail suspension test: a new method for screening antidepressants in mice. Psychopharmacology 85 (1985) 367-370
28. Takino Y., Koshioka M., Shiokawa M., Ishii Y., Maruyama S., Higashino M., et al. Quantitative determination of glycyrrhizic acid in liquorice roots and extracts by TLC-densitometry. Planta Med 36 1 (1979) 74-78
29. Thierry B., Steru L., Simon P., and Porsolt R.D. The tail suspension test: ethical considerations. Psychopharmacology 90 (1986) 284-285
30. Willner P. The validity of animal models of depression. Psychopharmacology 83 (1984) 1-16
31. Willner P. Animal models as simulations of depression. Trends Pharmacol Sci 12 (1991) 131-136