Memory enhancing activity of Glycyrrhiza glabra in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 361-365

  Dhingra, Dinesh ^a   Parle, Milind ^a   Kulkarni, S K ^b  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Learning; Liquorice; Memory

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCOPOLAMINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE;

GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA;

EID: 2342440374     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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