Open AccessInvestigation of in vivo neuropharmacological effect of Alpinia nigra leaf extract
Author(s) -
Farjana Sharmen,
Adnan Mannan,
Md. Mominur Rahman,
Ashraf Uddin Chowdhury,
Muhammad Erfan Uddin,
Ayaz Ahmed
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine/asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 2588-9222
pISSN - 2221-1691
DOI - 10.1016/s2221-1691(14)60222-7
Subject(s) - anxiolytic , open field , elevated plus maze , depressant , in vivo , pharmacology , sedative , behavioural despair test , central nervous system , medicine , traditional medicine , chemistry , anxiety , hippocampus , biology , antidepressant , microbiology and biotechnology , psychiatry
To analyze in vivo neuro-pharmacological effects of Alpinia nigra as anxiety is a particular form of behavioral inhibition that occurs in response to novel environmental events.