Antidepressant effect of kaempferol, a constituent of saffron (Crocus sativus) petal, in mice and rats

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 367-370

  Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^a   Motamedshariaty, Vahidehsadat ^a   Hadizadeh, Farzin ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antidepressant activity; Crocus sativus; Forced swimming test; Kaempferol; Saffron

Indexed keywords

CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; FLUOXETINE; KAEMPFEROL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PETAL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 34548616031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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