Centella asiatica water extract inhibits iPLA2 and cPLA2 activities in rat cerebellum

Phytomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 896-900

  Barbosa, N R ^a,b   Pittella, F ^a   Gattaz, W F ^b  

^a Federal Universtiy of Juiz de Fora (UFJF)   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Centella asiatica; Cerebellum; Neuropsychiatric disorders; PLA2; Rat; Umbelliferae

Indexed keywords

ASIATICOSIDE; CALCIUM INDEPENDENT PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; CYTOSOLIC PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOGENATE; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOENZYMATIC ASSAY; RAT; SOUTH AMERICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CENTELLA; CEREBELLUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ISOENZYMES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS;

APIACEAE; CENTELLA; CENTELLA ASIATICA; RATTUS;

EID: 51549103684     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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