Evaluation of anxiolytic and antidepressant activities in mice with fluid extracts and aqueous fraction obtained from the leaves of Passiflora alata;Avaliação da atividade ansiolítica e antidepressiva do extrato fluido e fração aquosa de folhas de Passiflora alata Cuitis em camundongos

Acta Scientiarum - Health Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-164

  Valério Romanini, Cássia ^a   Wesz Machado, Micheili ^b   Weber Biavatti, Maique ^b   De Oliveira, Rúbia Maria Weffort ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Anxiolytic; Elevated plus maze; Open field; Passiflora alata; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

PASSIFLORA ALATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALIA; MUS; PASSIFLORA ALATA;

EID: 34547951336     PISSN: 16799291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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