Potential antidepressant activity of areca catechu nut via elevation of serotonin and noradrenaline in the hippocampus of rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-45

  Abbas, Ghulam ^a   Naqvi, Sabira ^a   Erum, Shaista ^a   Ahmed, Shakil ^a   Atta Ur Rahman, ^a   Dar, Ahsana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

aqueous fraction; Areca catechu nut; forced swim test; monoamines; phenelzine; St John's wort

Indexed keywords

ARECA CATECHU EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; NORADRENALIN; PHENELZINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; SEROTONIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IC 50; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ARECA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERICUM; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; NUTS; PHENELZINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN;

ARECA CATECHU; RATTUS;

EID: 84872078705     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4674     Document Type: Article

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