Effects of Ocimum sanctum and Camellia sinensis on stress-induced anxiety and depression in male albino Rattus norvegicus

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 283-288

  Tabassum, Imrana ^a   Siddiqui, Zeba N ^a   Rizvi, Shamim J ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Camellia sinensis; depression; Ocimum sanctum; restraint stress

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHYSICALLY INDUCED STRESS; RAT; STRESS; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEA;

EID: 77957738949     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.70108     Document Type: Article

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