Pharmacological evaluation for antidepressant-like activity of Asparagus racemosus Willd. in mice

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 133-152

  Dhingra, Dinesh ^a,b   Kumar, Vaibhav ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Asparagus racemosus; Depression; Forced swim test; MAO; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; BACLOFEN; FENCLONINE; FLUDAC; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; METHANOL; PRAZOSIN; SULPIRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TAIL; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 37649014697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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