<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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Main Authors: M.D. Ribeiro, G.M. Onusic, S.C. Poltronieri, M.B. Viana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2006-02-01
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