Evaluation of behavioural and antioxidant activity of Cytisus scoparius Link in rats exposed to chronic unpredictable mild stress

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nirmal, Jayabalan ^a   Babu, Chidambaram Saravana ^a   Harisudhan, Thanukrishnan ^a   Ramanathan, Muthiah ^a  

^a JSS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS EXTRACT; DIAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; LIPID; METHANOL; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTISUS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATALASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTISUS; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44149113032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-8-15     Document Type: Article

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