Antidepressant-like Effects of an Aqueous Extract of Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) in Rats

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 473-479

  Kageyama, Aya ^a,c   oshio, Mutsumi ^a   Horiuchi, Hiroko ^a   Yokogoshi, Hidehiko ^a   ueno, Toshio ^b   Masuda, Hideki ^b   Yokogosh, Hidehiko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b Flavor System and Technology Laboratory   (Japan)

^c TOKYO HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

antidepressant like; depression; forced swimming test; lavender

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010440148     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.18.473     Document Type: Article

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