Antidepressant-like action of the hydromethanolic flower extract of Tagetes erecta L. in mice and its possible mechanism of action | Zendy

Sangeeta Pilkhwal Sah | Zendy; Aarti Khulbe | Zendy; Savita Pandey | Zendy

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Antidepressant-like action of the hydromethanolic flower extract of Tagetes erecta L. in mice and its possible mechanism of action

Author(s) -

Sangeeta Pilkhwal Sah,

Aarti Khulbe,

Savita Pandey

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

indian journal of pharmacology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1998-3751

pISSN - 0253-7613

DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.115026

Subject(s) - behavioural despair test , imipramine , pharmacology , tagetes , chemistry , antidepressant , mechanism of action , medicine , endocrinology , biology , biochemistry , in vitro , botany , hippocampus , alternative medicine , pathology

Tagetes erecta, the marigold, has commercial and ethnomedicinal use; however, reports concerning its efficacy for the treatment of depression are lacking. This study was carried out to elucidate the antidepressant effect of hydromethanolic flower extract of T. erecta.

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