The inhibitory effect of Hypericum perforatum extract on morphine withdrawal syndrome in rat and comparison with clonidine

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1549-1552

  Feily, Amir ^a   Abbasi, Naser ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Hypericum perforatum extract; Morphine withdrawal

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; JUMPING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REARING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLONIDINE; HYPERICUM; MALE; MORPHINE DEPENDENCE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 70350459098     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2807     Document Type: Article

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