The antianxiety-like effect of astaxanthin extracted from Paracoccus carotinifaciens

BioFactors

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-30

  Nishioka, Yasushi ^a   Oyagi, Atsushi ^a   Tsuruma, Kazuhiro ^a   Shimazawa, Masamitsu ^a   Ishibashi, Takashi ^b   Hara, Hideaki ^a  

^a GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ENERGY CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Astaxanthin; Depression; Elevated plus maze test; Hole board test

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; DIAZEPAM; IMIPRAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HOLE BOARD TEST; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS; PARACOCCUS CAROTINIFACIENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PARACOCCUS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

MUS; PARACOCCUS CAROTINIFACIENS;

EID: 79951607440     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: 18728081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.130     Document Type: Article

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