Anti-anxiety activity of citrus paradisi var. star ruby extracts

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1655-1657

  Gupta, Vikas ^a   Bansal, Parveen ^a   Niazi, Junaid ^b   Kaur, Gurpreet ^c  

^a National Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Research   (India)

^b Rayat Bahra Institute of Engineering and Nano Technology   (India)

^c Akal College of Pharmacy and Technical Education   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Citrus paradisi var.; Diazepam; Elevated plus maze; Star ruby

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CHLOROFORM; CITRUS PARADISI EXTRACT; DIAZEPAM; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 77957556184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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