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Antistress Activity of Tinospora cordifolia and Centella asiatica Extracts
Author(s) -
Sarma D. N. K.,
Khosa R. L.,
Chansauria J. P. N.,
Sahai M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(199603)10:2<181::aid-ptr804>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - centella , traditional medicine , tinospora cordifolia , diazepam , pharmacognosy , phytotherapy , pharmacology , medicine , biology , biological activity , in vitro , biochemistry , alternative medicine , pathology
Tinospora cordifolia Miers. and Centella asiatica Linn. were screened for their putative antistress activity in a battery of experiments. Ethanol extracts of both drugs at 100 mg/kg exhibited significant antistress activity in all the parameters studied, compared with diazepam at 2.5 mg/kg.