Effect of Convulvulus pluricaulis Choisy. On learning behaviour and memory enhancement activity in rodents

Natural Product Research

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1472-1482

  Nahata, Alok ^a   Patil, U K ^a   Dixit, V K ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Convulvulus pluricaulis; Learning; Memory; Shankhpushpi

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CONVULVULUS PLURICAULIS EXTRACT; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PIRACETAM; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULVULUS PLURICAULIS; DRUG MECHANISM; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RAT; RODENT; THERAPY EFFECT;

AMNESIA; ANIMALS; CONVOLVULACEAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PIRACETAM; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 57049115522     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410802214199     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Alam, MM, Siddiqui, MB and Hussain, W. (1990) Treatment of diabetes through herbal drugs in rural India. Fitoterpia, 61:3, pp. 240-242.
2. Bhattacharya, SK and Muruganandam, AV (2003) Adaptogenic activity of Withania somnifera: An experimental study using a rat model of chronic stress. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behaviour, 75, pp. 547-555.
3. Chaturvedi, M., Mali, PC and Dixit, VP (1995) Hypolipidaemic effect of Convulvulus microphyllus in cholesterol fed gerbils. Journal of Phytological Research, 8:2, pp. 153-155.
4. Cook, L. and Weidley, E. (1957) Behavioural effects of some psychopharmacological agents. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 66, pp. 740-752.
5. Dandiya, PC (1990) The pharmacological basis of herbal drugs acting on the central nervous system. The Eastern Pharmacist, 12, pp. 39-47.
6. Fibiger, HC (1990) Central cholinergic systems and memory. The biology of memory, symposia medica (pp. 35-47), Hoechst, Springer-Verlag, New York
7. Gupta, AK, Tandon, N. and Sharma, M. (2005) Quality standards of Indian medicinal plants, 2, p. 70. Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi
8. Handa, SS (1994) Rasayana drugs. Pharma Times, 26:3, pp. 17-25.
9. Hollander, E., Mohs, RC and Davis, KS (1986) Cholinergic approaches to the treatment of Alzheimer. British Medical Bulletin, 42, pp. 97-100.
10. Jaiswal, AK and Bhattacharya, SK (1996) Effect of prenatal undernutrition and phenobarbitone administration on discrimination learning and passive avoidance behaviour in rats. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 34, pp. 118-123.
11. Leite, JR (1978) Effects of chronic ingestion and withdrawal of sodium barbitone on learning in rats. Psychopharmacology, 57, pp. 205-209.
12. Nalini, K., Karanth, KS, Rao, A. and Arror, AR (1995) Effect of Celastrous paniculatus on passive avoidance performance and biogenic amine turnover in albino rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 47, pp. 101-108.
13. Ogren, SO (1982) Biology of serotonergic transmission, p. 317. Wiley, Chichester
14. Panda, S. and Kar, A. (2001) Inhibition of T3 production in levothyroxine-treated female mice by the root extract of Convulvulus pluricaulis. Hormone and Metabolic Research, 33:1, pp. 16-18.
15. Pullia, D., Amato, FR, Mele, A., Alberto, OA, Zocchi, A. and Pavone, F. (1996) Time-related effects of stress on cholinergic sensitivity. Brain Research, 743, pp. 333-336.
16. Sairam, K., Rao, CV and Goel, RK (2001) Effect of Convulvulus pluricaulis Chois. on gastric ulceration and secretion in rats. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 39:4, pp. 350-354.
17. Soman, I., Mengi, SA and Kasture, SB (2004) Effect of leaves of Butea frondosa on stress, anxiety, and cognition in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behaviour, 79, pp. 11-16.
18. Upadhyay, VP (1986) Therapeutic role of Ayurvedic herbs in mental disorders. Vedic Path, 69:1, pp. 24-29.
19. Vogel, HG (2002) Drug discovery and evaluation; pharmacological assays, pp. 619-643. Springer-Verlag, Germany