Pharmacological evaluation for antidepressant activity of vanda spathulata in mice

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Dasari, Rajaneekar ^a   Sathyavathi, D ^b   Belide, Sampath Kumar ^a   Soumy, B R ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Teegala Krishna Reddy College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Forced swim test; MAO; Tail suspension test.; Vanda spathulata

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANDA SPATHULATA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDACEAE; VANDA SPATHULATA;

EID: 84881304387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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