<a name="home"></a>Effect of Erythrina velutina and Erythrina mulungu in rats submitted to animal models of anxiety and depression
Erythrina velutina (EV) and Erythrina mulungu (EM), popularly used in Brazil as tranquilizing agents, were studied. The effects of acute and chronic oral treatment with a water:alcohol extract of EV (7:3, plant grounded stem bark; acute = 100, 200, 400 mg/kg; chronic = 50, 100, 200 mg/kg) were evalu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2006-02-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000200013 |