Theogallin and L-theanine as active ingredients in decaffeinated green tea extract: II. Characterization in the freely moving rat by means of quantitative field potential analysis

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1397-1403

  Dimpfel, Wilfried ^a   Kler, Adolf ^b   Kriesl, Erwin ^b   Lehnfeld, Romanus ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Plantextract GmbH   (Germany)

^c PhytoLab GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DIPYRONE; DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; GLUTAMINE DERIVATIVE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HYDROXYACID; LEVO THEANINE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; QUINIC ACID; S 28053 485; THEOGALLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHARMACOGRAM; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TEA; THETA RHYTHM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GALLIC ACID; GLUTAMATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUINIC ACID; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TEA;

EID: 34848881129     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.59.10.0010     Document Type: Article

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