Antidepressant activity of ethanolic extract of Hibiscus rosa sinenesis Linn.

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1327-1331

  Khalid, Leena ^a   Rizwani, Ghazala H ^a   Sultana, Viqar ^a   Zahid, Hina ^a   Khursheed, Raheela ^a   Shareef, Huma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Forced induced swimming test; Monoamine oxidase; Open field test; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORCED SWIM TEST; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; IMMOBILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST; ANIMAL; HIBISCUS; IMMOBILIZATION; METABOLISM; SWIMMING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; HIBISCUS; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MALE; MICE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SWIMMING;

EID: 84907807711     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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