Antidepressant and antioxidant activities of Artemisia absinthium L. at flowering stage

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7170-7175

  Mahmoudi, M ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, M A ^b   Ansaroudi, F ^b   Nabavi, S F ^b   Nabavi, S M ^b  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Antioxidant activity; Artemisia absinthium; DPPH; Forced swimming test; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM EXTRACT; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; EDETIC ACID; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOWER; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IC 50; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 74549189493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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