Novel Ocimumoside A and B as anti-stress agents: Modulation of brain monoamines and antioxidant systems in chronic unpredictable stress model in rats

Phytomedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 639-647

  Ahmad, Ausaf ^a,c   Rasheed, Naila ^b,c   Gupta, Prasoon ^c   Singh, Seema ^c   Siripurapu, Kiran Babu ^c   Ashraf, Ghulam Md ^a,e   Kumar, Rajnish ^a   Chand, Kailash ^c   Maurya, Rakesh ^c   Banu, Naheed ^d   Al Sheeha, Muneera ^b   Palit, Gautam ^c  

^a AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chronic unpredictable stress; Corticosterone; Monoamines; Ocimarin; Ocimum sanctum; Ocimumoside A; Ocimumoside B

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BRAIN MONOAMINE; CATALASE; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN; OCIMARIN; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; OCIMUMOSIDE A; OCIMUMOSIDE B; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC STRESS; CHRONIC UNPREDICTABLE STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; CEREBROSIDES; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OCIMUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84862825882     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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