Antidepressant properties of bioactive fractions from the extract of crocus sativus L.

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-30

  Wang, Yang ^a   Han, Ting ^a   Zhu, Yu ^a   Zheng, Cheng Jian ^a   Ming, Qian Liang ^a   Rahman, Khalid ^b   Qin, Lu Ping ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressant properties; Bioactive fractions; Crocus sativus L.; GC MS analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CROCIN; CROCIN 1; CROCIN 2; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; FLUOXETINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCUS; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROCUS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 77949490080     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-009-0360-6     Document Type: Article

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