Anti-stress effect of ethyl acetate soluble fraction of Morus alba in chronic restraint stress

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1038-1046

  Nade, Vandana S ^a   Yadav, Adhikrao V ^b  

^a Department of Pharmacology   (India)

^b KIMS University   (India)

Author keywords

Anti stress; Lipid peroxidation; Morus alba; Restraint stress; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CATALASE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; METHANOL; MULBERRY EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STOMACH ULCER;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MORUS; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPLEEN; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; MORUS ALBA; RATTUS;

EID: 77956026731     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903473741     Document Type: Article

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