Neuropharmacological activity of Eupatorium buniifolium aqueous extract in mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 362-365

  Miño, Jorge ^a   Muschietti, Liliana ^a   Ferraro, Graciela ^a   Martino, Virginia ^a   Acevedo, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Central depressant effect; Eupatorium buniifolium

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; EUPATORIUM BUNIIFOLIUM EXTRACT; PENTOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; EUPATORIUM; EUPATORIUM BUNIIFOLIUM; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HYPNOSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; SLEEP INDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EUPATORIUM; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLANT EXTRACTS; SLEEP;

EUPATORIUM BUNIIFOLIUM; MUS;

EID: 34247111484     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2032     Document Type: Article

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