Dioscorea bulbifera commonly known as Varahikanda, is widely distributed throughout the India, and it has been traditionally used for the treatment of nervous excitability, senility and hysteria. Based on this, neuropharmacological activity of tubers of D. bulbifera was evaluated using various experimental models. Effects of hydroalcoholic extract of Dioscorea bulbifera tubers (DBE) (10,30,100,...

objective: the present study was undertaken to evaluate anti-depressant activity of myristica fragrans(ms). materials and methods: male wistar rats were subjected to imipramine and herbal extract ofms for their antidepressant activity using forced swimming test (fst), reserpine reversal test (rrt), haloperidol-induced catalepsy (hic), and pentobarbitone sleeping time (pst). results: administrat...