Evaluation of anti-compulsive effect of methanolic extract of Benincasa hispida Cogn. fruit in mice

Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 417-421

  Girdhar, Shikha ^a   Wanjari, Manish M ^b   Prajapati, Sunil K ^c   Girdhar, Amit ^a  

^a Near Cihag Hospital   (India)

^b Central Research Institute (Ayurveda)   (India)

^c BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Benincasa hispida Cogn.; Marble burying behavior; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Wax gourd

Indexed keywords

BENINCASA HISPIDA EXTRACT; FENCLONINE; FLUOXETINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICOMPULSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

ANIMALS; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; CUCURBITACEAE; FENCLONINE; FLUOXETINE; FRUIT; MALE; METHANOL; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 77953757275     PISSN: 00016837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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