Bioactivity-guided isolation of β-sitosterol and some fatty acids as active compounds in the anxiolytic and sedative effects of Tilia americana var. mexicana

Planta Medica

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1148-1155

  Aguirre Hernández, Eva ^a,b   Rosas Acevedo, Hortensia ^b   Soto Hernéndez, Marcos ^b   Martínez, Ana Laura ^a   Moreno, Julia ^a   González Trujano, Ma Eva ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

sitosterol; Anxiety; Central nervous system; Sedative; Tilia americana var. mexicana; Tiliaceae

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FATTY ACID; HEXANE; PENTOBARBITAL; SITOSTEROL; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FRACTIONATION; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOBILIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REARING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SLEEP TIME; TILIA AMERICANA VARIATION MEXICANA; TILIACEAE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SITOSTEROLS; SLEEP; TILIA;

MALVACEAE; MUS; TILIA; TILIA AMERICANA;

EID: 35348893232     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-981593     Document Type: Article

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