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| Title: | Green tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] extract reverses the despair behaviour in reserpinised and diabetic mice |
| Authors: | Singal, Anjali
Tirkey, Naveen
Muragundla, Anjaneyulu
Chopra, Kanwaljit |
| Keywords: | Antidepressant
Camellia sinensis
Depression
Despair behaviour
Diabetes
Forced swimming
Green tea extract
Polyphenols
Reserpine |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | Green tea (C.
sinensis) extract (GTE) dose dependently produced reversal of despair in
normal, reserpinised and diabetic mice, thereby demonstrating an antidepressant
effect. Although the exact mechanism is yet to be explored, the possible
inhibition of catechol-o-methyl transferase and monoamine oxidase enzymes may
be responsible for antidepressant activity of GTE. |
| Page(s): | 913-917 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1009 (Online); 0019-5189 (Print) |
| Source: | IJEB Vol.44(11) [November 2006]
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