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      <JournalTitle>Journal of Asian Association of Schools of Pharmacy</JournalTitle>
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      <Volume-Issue>Volume 11</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
      <Season>January - December 2022</Season>
      <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue>
      <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue>
      <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA>
      <PubDate>
        <Year>-0001</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
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      <ArticleType>Pharmacy</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>Investigation on antidepressant properties of Arnica montana in mice model of depression using forced swimming test</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
      <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA>
      <FirstPage>30</FirstPage>
      <LastPage>34</LastPage>
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          <FirstName>Kashmitta a/p</FirstName>
          <LastName>Ravindran</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>Shamima Abdul</FirstName>
          <LastName>Rahman</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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      <Abstract>Arnica montana have been used as traditional medicine to treat inflammation and minor skin bruises as well as treatment for mental health disorder in homeopathic practice. To date, the role of Arnica montana in psychological disorder such as depression is not scientifically evaluated. Hence, this research study evaluates the antioxidant and investigate the antidepressant properties of Arnica montana using forced swimming test (FST). The DPPH test is a simple and quick technique to evaluate antioxidants using spectrophotometry. Arnica montana. In this research, mice are treated according to their five treatment groups (n = 6) for seven days while the FST were conducted on the 1st and 7th day of the experiment. Overall, the present study clearly demonstrated that Arnica montana exerts an antidepressant property in animal behavioral testing.</Abstract>
      <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage>
      <Keywords>Arnica montana, escitalopram, immobility time, forced swimming test, antidepressant activity</Keywords>
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        <Abstract>https://aaspjournal.org/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=14228&amp;title=Investigation on antidepressant properties of Arnica montana in mice model of depression using forced swimming test</Abstract>
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        <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage>
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