Restraint stress-induced central monoaminergic & oxidative changes in rats & their prevention by novel Ocimum sanctum compounds

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 548-554

  Ahmad, Ausaf ^a,c   Rasheed, Naila ^a,d   Chand, Kailash ^a   Maurya, Rakesh ^a   Banu, Naheed ^b   Palit, Gautam ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant system; Dopamine; Noradrenaline; Ocimum sanctum; Restraint stress; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; DOPAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MELATONIN; METHYLPENTYNOL; MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; OCIMARIN; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; OCIMUMOSIDE A; OCIMUMOSIDE B; SEROTONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OCIMUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861944998     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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