Antidepressant effects of Crocus sativus stigma extracts and its constituents, crocin and safranal, in mice

As in traditional medicine, saffron is used as exhilarating agent and also our previous study showed the antidepressant effect of saffron extracts, in this study, the effects of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Crocus sativus stigma and its constituents safranal and crocin were studied for the anti...

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Main Authors: H Hosseinzadeh, Gh Karimi, M Niapoor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institue of Medicinal Plants, ACECR 2004-09-01
Series:Journal of Medicinal Plants
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Online Access:http://jmp.ir/article-1-737-en.html