Antidepressant-like effect of Lafoensia pacari A. St.-Hil. ethanolic extract and fractions in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 581-585

  Galdino, P M ^a   Nascimento, M V M ^a   Sampaio, B L ^a   Ferreira, R N ^a   Paula, J R ^a   Costa, E A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antidepressant like effect; Forced swimming test; Lafoensia pacari A. St. Hil.; Medicinal plants; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLOROFORM; IMIPRAMINE; LAFOENSIA PACARI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; LAFOENSIA PACARI; LYTHRACEAE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ETHANOL; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; LYTHRACEAE; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SWIMMING;

LAFOENSIA PACARI; LYTHRACEAE; MUS;

EID: 67650682531     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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