Asiatic acid derivatives enhance cognitive performance partly by improving acetylcholine synthesis

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1275-1282

  Kim, So Ra ^a   Koo, Kyung Ah ^a   Lee, Mi Kyeong ^a   Park, Hyeung Geun ^a   Jew, Sang Sup ^a   Cha, Kyung Hoe ^b   Kim, Young Choong ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Dong Kook Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4 CHLOROBENZYLIDENEAMINO) 5 MORPHOLINOMETHYL 2 OXAZOLIDINONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; AS 1; AS 13; AS 15; AS 16; AS 17; AS 18; AS 19; AS 19 005; AS 19 006; AS 2; AS 2 9 006; AS 27; AS 3; AS 33 005; AS 5; AS 58; AS 59; AS 6 005; AS 6 007; AS 9; AS 9 006; ASIATIC ACID; MADECASSIC ACID; SCOPOLAMINE; SM 21; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VELNACRINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CELL CULTURE; CHOLINE UPTAKE; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMNESIA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DEMENTIA; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; SCOPOLAMINE; TRANSFECTION; TRITERPENES;

EID: 5644231007     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/0022357044391     Document Type: Article

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