Coumarins from Angelica archangelica Linn. and their effects on anxiety-like behavior

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 180-186

  Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Bhat, Zulfiqar Ali ^a   Kumar, Vijender ^a   Shah, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Angelica archangelica; Anxiolytic; Elevated plus maze test; Light dark arena

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA EXTRACT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; ISOIMPERATORIN; PENTOSALEN; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOLE BOARD TEST; LIGHT AND DARK ARENA TEST; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COUMARINS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84868236728     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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