Anxiolytic effect of chronic administration of ursolic acid in rats

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 68-71

  Pemminati, Sudhakar ^a   Gopalakrishna, H N ^a   Venkatesh, V ^a   Rai, Amritha ^a   Shetty, Sowjanya ^a   Vinod, Amrita ^a   Pai, Preethi G ^a   Shenoy, Ashok K ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Diazepam; Rats; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875632418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22313354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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