A comparative study in rodents of standardized extracts of Bacopa monniera and Ginkgo biloba - Anticholinesterase and cognitive enhancing activities

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 893-900

  Das, Amitava ^a   Shanker, Girja ^a   Nath, Chandishwar ^a   Pal, Raghwendra ^a   Singh, Satyawan ^a   Singh, Hemant K ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Bacopa monniera; Cognition; Dementia; Ginkgo biloba

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINKOCER; PLANT EXTRACT; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACOPA MONNIERI; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GINKGO BILOBA; IC 50; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BACOPA; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION; GINKGO BILOBA; MALE; MICE; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

BACOPA; GINKGO BILOBA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036829371     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(02)00940-1     Document Type: Article

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