What is it about?
The aim of this study was to evaluate the anxiolytic-like effects of phytol in animal models to clarify their possible action mechanism.
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Why is it important?
These findings suggest that acute administration of phytol exerts an anxiolytic-like effect on mice.
Perspectives
Phytol may interact with GABAA receptor, probably at the receptor subtypes that mediate benzodiazepines effects, to produce sedative and anxiolytic activities.
Dr. Muhammad Torequl Islam
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This page is a summary of: Anxiolytic-like effects of phytol: Possible involvement of GABAergic transmission, Brain Research, February 2014, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.12.003.
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