Centella asiatica accelerates nerve regeneration upon oral administration and contains multiple active fractions increasing neurite elongation in-vitro

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1221-1229

  Soumyanath, Amala ^a   Zhong, Yong Ping ^a   Gold, Sandra A ^b,c   Yu, Xiaolin ^a   Koop, Dennis R ^b   Bourdette, Dennis ^a   Gold, Bruce G ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; ALCOHOL; ASIATIC ACID; ASIATICOSIDE; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; MADECASSIC ACID; MEDCASSOSIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN SH SY5Y; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT;

EID: 25844474130     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.57.9.0018     Document Type: Article

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