Effects of the active constituents of Crocus sativus L., crocins, in an animal model of anxiety

Phytomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1135-1139

  Pitsikas, N ^a   Boultadakis, A ^a   Georgiadou, G ^a   Tarantilis, P A ^b   Sakellaridis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Crocins; Light dark test; Motility; Rat

Indexed keywords

CROCIN; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; DRUG EFFECT; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIME; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; CAROTENOIDS; CROCUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; CROCUS SATIVUS; RATTUS;

EID: 56249137212     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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