Green tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] extract reverses the despair behaviour in reserpinised and diabetic mice.

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  • Anjali Singal
  • Naveen Tirkey
  • Anjaneyulu Muragundla
  • Kanwaljit Chopra
چکیده

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.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Indian journal of experimental biology

دوره 44 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006