Involvement of serotoninergic and adrenergic systems on the antidepressant-like effect of E. uniflora L. leaves essential oil and further analysis of its antioxidant activity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 544, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-109

  Victoria, Francine Novack ^a   de Siqueira Brahm, Arthur ^a   Savegnago, Lucielli ^a   Lenardão, Eder João ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antidepressant like; Essential oil; Eugenia uniflora

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENIA UNIFLORA EXTRACT; KETANSERIN; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID; PRAZOSIN; YOHIMBINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUGENIA; MALE; MICE; OILS, VOLATILE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEROTONIN AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878389123     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.03.054     Document Type: Article

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