Antidepressant activity evaluation of Hypericum brasiliense standardized extract

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 155-158

  Perazzo, Fábio F ^c   Lima, Leonardo M ^a   Rocha, Leandro M ^b   França, Hildegardo S ^c   Carvalho, José Carlos T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAPÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Forced swimming test (FST); Hypericaceae; Hypericum brasiliense; Open field test (OFT)

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; HYPERICUM BRASILIENSE EXTRACT; HYPERICUM EXTRACT; TRANYLCYPROMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANOXERINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFICACY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM BRASILIENSE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; REARING; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 69249196938     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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