antidepressant-like effect of aqueous extract from rosa damascena in mice

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karim dolati pharmacological research center of medicinal plants and department of pharmacology, school of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, i. r. iran

hassan rakhshandeh pharmacological research center of medicinal plants and department of pharmacology, school of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, i. r. iran

mohammad naser shafei neuroscience research center and department of physiology, school of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, i. r. iran

abstract

objective: rosa damascena mill l (r. damascena) is an ornamental plant that has several therapeutic (such as sedative and hypnotic) effects. it also heals depression, grief, nervous stress and tension. in the present study we evaluated antidepressant-like effect of r. damascena using forced swimming test (fst). material and methods: three doses of aqueous extract (15, 60 and 90 mg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally. after 30 min of injection, immobility and swimming times were measured and compared with control (negative control) and imipramine (positive control). results: the results showed that low dose (15mg/kg) of extract significantly increased swimming time and decreased immobility time. however, the two high doses of extract (60 and 90mg/kg) had no significant effect on these parameters.  conclusion: these results proposed antidepressant-like effect of low concentration of aqueous extract of r. damascena.

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avicenna journal of phytomedicine

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