Effects of an aqueous extract of Orbignya phalerata Mart on locomotor activity and motor coordination in mice and as antioxidant in vitro

Pharmazie

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-263

  Dos S Silva, A P ^a   Cerqueira, G S ^b   Nunes, L C C ^a   De Freitas, Rivelilson M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ORBIGNYA PHALERATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEOXYRIBOSE; DIAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORBIGNYA PHALERATA; ROTAROD TEST; ANIMAL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; METABOLISM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; BRAZIL; DEOXYRIBOSE; DIAZEPAM; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUIT; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84861132151     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2012.1105     Document Type: Article

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