Effects of Berberis vulgaris fruit extracts and its active component, berberine, on morphine dependence, hypnosis and locomotor activity in mice

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 190-202

  Nassiri Asl, Marjan ^a   Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^b   Mortazavi, Seyed Reza ^a  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Berberine; Berberis vulgaris; Locomotion; Morphine dependence; Sedative hypnotic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BERBERINE; BERBERIS VULGARIS EXTRACT; DIAZEPAM; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; PENTOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BERBERIS; BERBERIS VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FRUIT; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTHESIS; JUMPING; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; MOUSE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; SLEEP TIME; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 34248360794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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