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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2008): Vol 20 Issue 2

Antidepressant Activity of Bark of Saraca indica Linn

PRERANA SHETTY
Department of Pharmachemistry, NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Nanthoor, Mangalore-575 005, India
M. KRISHNAMOORTHY
Department of Pharmachemistry, NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Nanthoor, Mangalore-575 005, India
K. VIJAYANARAYANA
Department of Pharmachemistry, NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Nanthoor, Mangalore-575 005, India
E.V.S. SUBRAMANYAM
Department of Pharmachemistry, NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Nanthoor, Mangalore-575 005, India E-mail: jennifer_pharma@yahoo.co.in
D.S. SATYANARAYANA
Department of Pharmachemistry, NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Nanthoor, Mangalore-575 005, India

Corresponding Author(s) : PRERANA SHETTY

jennifer_pharma@yahoo.co.in

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 20 No. 2 (2008): Vol 20 Issue 2

Abstract

Antidepressant effects of ethanolic extract of the bark of Saraca indica was studied on reserpine induced hypothermia and forced swim test to assess the antidepressant activity. The study revealed that the bark extract at the dose levels of 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg showed significant antidepressant effect in a dose dependent manner.

Keywords

Antidepressant activity Reserpine Imipramine VMA Saraca indica
SHETTY, P., KRISHNAMOORTHY, M., VIJAYANARAYANA, K., SUBRAMANYAM, E., & SATYANARAYANA, D. (2010). Antidepressant Activity of Bark of Saraca indica Linn. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 20(2), 1075–1080. Retrieved from https://asianpubs.org/index.php/ajchem/article/view/12530
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