Sedative effects of Iranian Artemisia annua in mice: Possible benzodiazepine receptors involvement

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 784-788

  Emadi, Fatemeh ^a   Yassa, Narguess ^a   Hadjiakhoondi, Abbas ^a   Beyer, Cordian ^b   Sharifzadeh, Mohammad ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua; central nervous system; diazepam; flumazenil; GABA; sedation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CHLOROFORM; FLUMAZENIL; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEDATION;

ACETATES; ALKANES; ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTEMISININS; CHLOROFORM; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUMAZENIL; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMMOBILIZATION; IRAN; MALE; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SOLVENTS;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ASTERACEAE; MUS;

EID: 79959592244     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2010.548389     Document Type: Article

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