Antidepressant activity of corn silk

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 647-652

  Ebrahimzadeh, M A ^a   Mahmoudi, M ^b   Ahangar, N ^b   Ehteshami, S ^b   Ansaroudi, F ^a   Nabavi, S F ^a,b   Nabavi, S M ^a,c  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Corn silk; Forced swimming test; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORN SILK EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; IMIPRAMINE; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CORN SILK; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 75449100994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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