Effect of glabridin from Glycyrrhiza glabra on learning and memory in mice

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 377-380

  Cui, Yong Ming ^a   Ao, Ming Zhang ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Yu, Long Jiang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase; Glabridin; Glycyrrhiza glabra; Learning; Leguminosae; Memory

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; GLABRIDIN; METRIFONATE; PIRACETAM; SCOPOLAMINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PLANT ROOT;

ANIMALS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLYCYRRHIZA; ISOFLAVONES; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PHENOLS; PIRACETAM; PLANT ROOTS; TRICHLORFON;

FABACEAE; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; MUS;

EID: 42549117011     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1034319     Document Type: Article

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