Antidepressant activity of Ceratonia siliqua L. fruit extract, a source of polyphenols

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 450-456

  Agrawal, Ashok ^a   Mohan, Mahalaxmi ^a   Kasture, Sanjay ^b,c   Foddis, Caterina ^c   Frau, Maria Assunta ^c   Loi, Maria Cecilia ^c   Maxia, Andrea ^b,c  

^a MGV's Pharmacy College   (India)

^b Pinnacle Biomedical Research Institute   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceratonia siliqua L; depression; forced swim test; polyphenol component; tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CERATONIA SILIQUA EXTRACT; DOPAMINE; ETICLOPRIDE; FENCLONINE; MONOAMINE DERIVATIVE; NORADRENALIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; PRAZOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FORCED SWIM TEST; FRUIT; LEGUME; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BACLOFEN; FABACEAE; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; MICE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOLS;

CERATONIA SILIQUA; FABACEAE; MUS;

EID: 79951738114     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.527447     Document Type: Article

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