Evaluation of ethanolic extract of peganum Harmala on anxiety in mice

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1 Department of veterinary science, ,Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Bbol, Iran.

2 Department of Animal Science,,Qaemshahr branch, Islamic Azad University , Qaemshahr, Iran.

Abstract

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