Beta vulgaris: A dearth of antidepressant activity in mice

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to investigate antidepressant activity of ethanolic
extract of Beta vulgaris [BV], by using forced swim test [FST] and tail suspension test
[TST] in mice. Imipramine [10 mg/kg, i.p.] used as the standard drug significantly
decreased immobility time in both TST and FST, while BV [50 and 100 mg/kg, i.p.]
significantly increased immobility time in TST and FST. This suggests that BV has
depressant activity and not antidepressant activity