Anxiolytic-like effect of sweet orange aroma in Wistar rats

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 605-609

  Faturi, Claudia Brito ^a   Leite, José Roberto ^a   Alves, Péricles Barreto ^a   Canton, Adriane Conte ^a   Teixeira Silva, Flavia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal models; Anxiety; Aromatherapy; Citrus sinensis; Essential oil; Orange

Indexed keywords

CITRUS SINENSIS OIL; COMPAZ; DIAZEPAM; ESSENTIAL OIL; TEA TREE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SWEET ORANGE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; AROMATHERAPY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CITRUS SINENSIS; MALE; ODORS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SMELL;

EID: 77952672828     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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