Neurotrophic and neuroprotective effects of milk thistle (Silybum marianum) on neurons in culture

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 265-269

  Kittur, Smita ^a   Wilasrusmee, Skuntala ^a,b   Pedersen, Ward A ^c   Mattson, Mark P ^c   Straube West, Karen ^a   Wilasrusmee, Chumpon ^c   Jubelt, Burk ^a   Kittur, Dilip S ^c  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Herbal medicine; Hippocampus; Neurite outgrowth; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT; IRON DERIVATIVE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; RAT; SILYBUM MARIANUM; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEURITE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IRON COMPOUNDS; MILK THISTLE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURITES; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PC12 CELLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA; CIRSIUM; SILYBUM MARIANUM;

EID: 0036014120     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:18:3:265     Document Type: Article

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