Possible anxiolytic effect of two extracts of Passiflora quadrangularis L. in experimental models

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 481-484

  De Castro, Pollyanna Celso F ^a   Hoshino, Alberto ^a   Da Silva, Jair Campos ^b   Mendes, Fúlvio Rieli ^c  

^a UEPA   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DO ESTADO DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic activity; Elevated plus maze; Open field; Passiflora quadrangularis; Passifloraceae; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIAZEPAM; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOBILIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PASSION FRUIT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; REARING; SCREENING; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIAZEPAM; MALE; MICE; PASSIFLORA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA QUADRANGULARIS; PASSIFLORACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 34248208273     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2079     Document Type: Article

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