Antidepressant activity of standardised extract of Marsilea minuta Linn.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-57

  Bhattamisra, Subrat Kumar ^a   Khanna, Vinay Kumar ^b   Agrawal, Ashok Kumar ^b   Singh, Paras Nath ^a   Singh, Sushil Kumar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

5 HT2A receptor; 5 Hydroxytryptophan; Forced swimming test; Learned helplessness test; Marsilea minuta; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; IMIPRAMINE; MARSILINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEAD TWITCH; IMMOBILIZATION; INSOMNIA; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; MARSILEA MINUTA; MARSILEACEAE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIOASSAY; RAT;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; KETANSERIN; MALE; MARSILEACEAE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; MARSILEA MINUTA; MARSILEACEAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 40949086751     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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