Aqueous and hydroalcoholic extracts of Black Maca (Lepidium meyenii) improve scopolamine-induced memory impairment in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1882-1890

  Rubio, Julio ^a   Dang, Haixia ^b   Gong, Mengjuan ^b   Liu, Xinmin ^b   Chen, Shi lin ^b   Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

AChE activity; Black Maca; MAO activity; Memory; Scopolamine; Step down avoidance test; Water Morris maze

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALCOHOL; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ETHANOL; LEPIDIUM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SCOPOLAMINE; SOLVENTS; WATER;

BRASSICACEAE; LEPIDIUM MEYENII; MUS;

EID: 34547734440     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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