Anxiolytic effects of a passion flower (Passiflora incarnata L.) extract in the elevated plus maze in mice

Pharmazie

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-64

  Grundmann, O ^b   Wahling C ^b   Staiger, C ^b   Butterweck, V ^a  

^a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIAZEPAM; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PASSION FRUIT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PASSIFLORA; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 62649127134     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2008.8753     Document Type: Article

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