Antidepressant-like effects of the extract from Cimicifuga foetida L.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 683-691

  Ye, Liang ^a   Hu, Zhengping ^b   Du, Guangying ^a   Zhang, Jianzhao ^a   Dong, Qiuju ^a   Fu, Fenghua ^a   Tian, Jingwei ^a  

^a YANTAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shandong International Biotechnology Park   (China)

Author keywords

Antidepressant like; Chronic mild stress; Cimicifuga foetida L.; Forced swimming test; Head twitch test; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; CIMICIFUGA FOETIDA EXTRACT; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; FLUOXETINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIMINGTING; YOHIMBINE;

ACTAEA; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC MILD STRESS; CHRONIC STRESS; CIMICIFUGA FOETIDA; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HEAD TWITCH; IMMOBILIZATION; LETHALITY; LOCOMOTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR; CIMICIFUGA; CORTISONE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; YOHIMBINE;

CIMICIFUGA FOETIDA; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84870291536     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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