Effects of St. John's wort extract and single constituents on stress-induced hyperthermia in mice

Planta Medica

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1366-1371

  Grundmann, Oliver ^a   Kelber, Olaf ^b   Butterweck, Veronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Flavonoids; Hyperforin; Hypericin; St. John's Wort; Stress induced hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

AMENTOFLAVONE; BUSPIRONE; DIAZEPAM; FLAVANOID; FLUOXETINE; HYPERFORIN; HYPERICIN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; HYPERIN; IMIPRAMINE; ISOQUERCITRIN; MIQUELIANIN; QUERCITRIN; RUTOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPERTHERMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; STRESS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERICUM; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; STRESS;

MUS;

EID: 33846197473     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-951710     Document Type: Article

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