New polysaccharide from Nerium indicum protects neurons via stress kinase signaling pathway

Brain Research

Volumn 1153, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 221-230

  Yu, Man Shan ^a   Wong, Anita Yuk Yee ^a   So, Kwok Fai ^a,b,c   Fang, Ji Nian ^d   Yuen, Wai Hung ^c   Chang, Raymond Chuen Chung ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Beta amyloid; Nerium indicum; Neuroprotection; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; NERIUM INDICUM EXTRACT; NERIUM OLEANDER EXTRACT; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN KINASE B; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLOWER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NERIUM; NERIUM INDICUM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; INDOLES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NERIUM; NEURONS; PLANT COMPONENTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER;

EID: 34249335693     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.03.074     Document Type: Article

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