Sedative, anxiolytic and antidepressant activities of Citrus limon (Burn) essential oil in mice

Pharmazie

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 623-627

  Lopes Campelo L M ^a   Goncalves E Sa C ^a   De Almeida, A A C ^a   Pereira Da Costa, J ^a   Costa Marques, T H ^a   Mendes Feitosa, C ^a   Barros Saldanha, G ^a   Mendes De Freitas, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; IMIPRAMINE; LEMON OIL; PAROXETINE; PENTOBARBITAL; RESERPINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; LEMON; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PLANT LEAF; SEDATION; SLEEP TIME; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS FRUIT; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CITRUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OILS, VOLATILE; PENTOBARBITAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; SLEEP; SWIMMING;

EID: 80053309099     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2011.1508     Document Type: Article

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