Anxiolytic-like effects of acute and chronic treatment with Achillea millefolium L. extract

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-54

  Baretta, Irinéia Paulina ^a,b   Felizardo, Regiane Américo ^a   Bimbato, Vanessa Fávero ^a   Santos, Maísa Gonalves Jorge Dos ^a   Kassuya, Candida Aparecida Leite ^b,c   Gasparotto Junior, Arquimedes ^a,b   Da Silva, Cássia Regina ^d   De Oliveira, Sara Marchesan ^d   Ferreira, Juliano ^d   Andreatini, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE PARANAENSE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA GRANDE DOURADOS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium; Anti anxiety agents; Anxiety; Apigenin; Flumazenil; GABA antagonist; Picrotoxin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; APIGENIN; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ACHILLEA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZODIAZEPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GABA AGENTS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; MUS;

EID: 84857116235     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.11.047     Document Type: Article

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