Antidepressant-like effect of ethanol extract from paeonia lactiflora in mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1496-1499

  Mao, Qingqiu ^a   Huang, Zhen ^b   Ip, Siupo ^a   Che, Chuntao ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Ethanol extract; Forced swim test; Mice; Open field test; Paeonia lactiflora; Reserpine test; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA EXTRACT; RESERPINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PAEONIA; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA; PTOSIS; REARING; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CLOMIPRAMINE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MICE; PAEONIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; RESERPINE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; MUS; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA;

EID: 57349189093     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2519     Document Type: Article

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