Zingiber officinale: Evaluation of its nootropic effect in mice

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-74

  Joshi, Hanumanthachar ^a   Parle, Milind ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amnesia; Learning; Memory; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DONEPEZIL; GINGER EXTRACT; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PHENYTOIN; PIRACETAM; SCOPOLAMINE BROMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGING; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RHIZOME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33746169419     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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