Involvement of nitric oxide (NO) signalling pathway in the antidepressant activity of essential oil of Valeriana wallichii Patchouli alcohol chemotype

Phytomedicine

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1269-1275

  Sah, Sangeeta Pilkhwal ^a   Mathela, Chandra Shekhar ^a   Chopra, Kanwaljit ^b  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Forced swim test; Neurotransmitters; Nitric oxide modulators; Valeriana wallichii DC chemotype

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ARGININE; ESSENTIAL OIL; IMIPRAMINE; METHYLENE BLUE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SILDENAFIL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; LOCOMOTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TOXICITY TESTING; VALERIANA; VALERIANA WALLICHII; VALERIANACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ARGININE; BRAIN; DRUG EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; METHYLENE BLUE; MICE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OILS, VOLATILE; PIPERAZINES; PLANT OILS; PLANT ROOTS; PURINES; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFONES; SWIMMING; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; VALERIAN;

MUS; POGOSTEMON CABLIN; VALERIANA; VALERIANA WALLICHII; VALERIANACEAE;

EID: 80255124776     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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