Clitoria ternatea root extract enhances acetylcholine content in rat hippocampus

Fitoterapia

Volumn 73, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 685-689

  Rai, Kiranmai ^a   Murthy, K D ^b   Karanth, K S ^c   Nalini, K ^a   Rao, M S ^a   Srinivasan, K K ^d  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NITTE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine (ACh); Clitoria ternatea; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CLITORIA TERNATEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CLITORIA TERNATEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; AGING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLITORIA; WISTAR RAT;

CLITORIA TERNATEA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CLITORIA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036906521     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-326X(02)00249-6     Document Type: Article

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