Open AccessAntidepressant-like action of the hydromethanolic flower extract of Tagetes erecta L. in mice and its possible mechanism of action
Author(s) -
Aarti Khulbe,
Saurabh Pandey,
Sangeeta Pilkhwal Sah
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the 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.