Antidepressant-like effects of liquiritin and isoliquiritin from radix glycyrrhizae in the tail suspension test and forced swimming test in mice.

• In: SIG Natural Substances - Posters
• At: Beijing (China) (2007)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: NS-P-067
• By: GUO, Hongzhu (Peking University, Beijing, China)
• Co-author(s): Wang, Weixing (Peking University, BEIJING, China)
  Hu, Xinying (Peking University, BEIJING, China)
  Hu, Yuchi (Beijing Institute for Drug Control, BEIJING, China)
  Zhou, Jianping (Beijing Institute for Drug Control, BEIJING, China)
  Wang, Zhibin (Beijing Institute for Drug Control, BEIJING, China)
  Guo, Dean (Peking University, BEIJING, China)
  
• Abstract:

  Aims: To find antidepressant from Chinese herb- Radix Glycyrrhizae (root of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch).
  
  Methods: The present study used two classical behavioral despair animal models â€'the Tail Suspension Test (TST) and the Forced Swimming Test (FST) in mice to screen the antidepressant activity of liquiritin and isoliquiritin isolated..

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