A possible emerging role of phytochemicals in improving age-related neurological dysfunctions: A multiplicity of effects

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 583-594

  Youdim, Kuresh A ^a   Joseph, James A ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Free radicals; Learning; Memory; Phytochemicals; Polyphenolics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOID; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; LINOLEIC ACID; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

AGE; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL VIABILITY; COGNITION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GINSENG; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINACH; TEA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CAPSICUM; CAROTENOIDS; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; GARLIC; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PANAX; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYMERS; TEA; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0035868503     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(00)00510-4     Document Type: Review

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