Telemetry as a tool to measure sedative effects of a valerian root extract and its single constituents in mice

Planta Medica

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 795-803

  Chow, Nicholas K ^a   Fretz, Michael ^b   Hamburger, Matthias ^b   Butterweck, Veronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

apigenin; linarin; telemetry; valerenic acid; Valeriana officinalis L.; Valerianaceae

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; CAFFEINE; LINARIN; MIDAZOLAM; SEDATIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERENIC ACID; VALERIAN; ZOLPIDEM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; SEDATION; TELEMETRY; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS;

ANIMALS; APIGENIN; BODY TEMPERATURE; FLAVONOIDS; GLYCOSIDES; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INDENES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDAZOLAM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SESQUITERPENES; SLEEP; TELEMETRY; VALERIAN;

MUS; VALERIANA; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS; VALERIANACEAE;

EID: 79957491687     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250589     Document Type: Article

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