NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2017, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (增刊1): 99-102. doi: 10.16333/j.1001-6880.2017.S.021

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Antidepressant Activity of Helicid

YANG Min*   

  1. Institute of Flavour and Fragrance,Yunnan Agriculture university,Kunming 650201,China
  • Online:2017-08-02 Published:2017-08-02

Abstract: The antidepressant effect of helicid was evaluated with mice tail suspension test and mice forced swimming test.Helicid 30 mg/kg significantly reduced the accumulative immobility time in mice tail suspension test.Helicid 20 mg/kg reduced the accumulative immobility time in the mice forced swimming test.Helicid has the significant effect of antidepressant in the mice behavioral despair tests.

Key words: helicid, antidepressant, mice tail suspension test, mice forced swimming test