Antidepressant effect of Yueju-Wan ethanol extract and its fractions in mice models of despair

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 339-344

  Wei, X H ^a,b   Cheng, X M ^a,b   Shen, J S ^c   Wang, Z T ^a,b  

^a LINYI PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Antidepressant activity; Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC.; Cyperus rotundus L.; Forced swimming test; Gardenia jasminoides Ellis.; Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort.; Massa Fermentata; Tail suspension test; Yueju Wan

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUTANOL; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; PETROLEUM ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YUEJU WAN EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOCOMOTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

1-BUTANOL; ACETATES; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEPRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ETHANOL; ETHERS; FLUOXETINE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; IMIPRAMINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOLVENTS; SWIMMING; WATER;

ANIMALIA; ATRACTYLODES LANCEA; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS; GARDENIA ANGUSTA; LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG; MUS;

EID: 41949128276     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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