Pharmacological evaluation of the anxiolytic and sedative effects of Tilia americana L. var. mexicana in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-145

  Aguirre Hernandez E ^a,b   Martinez A L ^a   Gonzalez Trujano M E ^a   Moreno, J ^a   Vibrans, H ^b   Soto Hernandez M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Central nervous system; Sedative hypnotic; Tilia americana L. var. mexicana

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; HEXANE; METHANOL; PENTOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT; TILIA AMERICANA MEXICANA EXTRACT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG POTENCY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HYPNOSIS; LD 50; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOBILIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEDATION; TILIA AMERICANA MEXICANA; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HEXANES; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; METHANOL; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PENTOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOLVENTS; TILIA;

TILIA; TILIA AMERICANA;

EID: 33845524652     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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