Antidepressant screening and flavonoids isolation from Eremostachys laciniata (L) Bunge

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1696-1699

  Nisar, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Salimullah ^a,b   Dar, Ahsana ^c   Rehman, Wajid ^d   Khan, Razaullah ^e   Jan, Irfanullah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b ABDUL WALI KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^d HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Apigenin; Eremostachys laciniata

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXY 6,8 DIMETHOXYFLAVONE; 5,8 DIHYDROXY 6,7 DIMETHOXYFLAVONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; APIGENIN; EREMOSTACHYS LACINIATA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; LUTEOLIN; LUTEOLIN 7 GLUCOSIDE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; EREMOSTACHYS LACINIATA; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SEDATION;

EREMOSTACHYS; LAMIACEAE;

EID: 79952302372     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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