Anxiolytic-like effect of ethanolic extract of Argemone mexicana and its alkaloids in Wistar rats

• Main Authors: Aideé Itzel Arcos-Martínez (Author), Omar David Muñoz-Muñiz (Author), Miguel Ángel Domínguez-Ortiz (Author), Margarita Virginia Saavedra-Vélez (Author), Maribel Maribel Vázquez-Hernández (Author), Maria Gabriela Alcantara-Lopez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: Argemone mexicana is a Papaveracea plant; some reports have shown their antibacterial, anti-cancer, sedative and probably anti-anxiety properties. From their aerial parts, flavonoids and alkaloids have been isolated, which are intrinsically related to some actions on the central nervous s...