Modified Wendan decoction can attenuate neurotoxic action associated with Alzheimer's disease

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-330

  Liu, Ping ^a   Zhao, Lei ^b   Zhang, Shu Ling ^b   Xiang, Ji Zhou ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A ; Alzheimer's disease; Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Herbal medicine; PC12 cell

Indexed keywords

ACORI TATARINOWII EXTRACT; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[25-35]; AURANTII IMMATURUS EXTRACT; CASPASE 3; CAULIS BAMBUSAE EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; CITRUS RETICULATA EXTRACT; CODONOPSIS EXTRACT; GASTRODIA EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; JUJUBE EXTRACT; NEUROTOXIN; PINELLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYGONI MULTIFLORI PREPARATA EXTRACT; PORIA COCOS EXTRACT; SINAPIS ALBAE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WEN DAN TANG;

ACORI TATARINOWII; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AURANTII IMMATURUS; CAULIS BAMBUSAE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTRODIA; JUJUBE; MALE; MANDARIN; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PINELLIA; POLYGONI MULTIFLORI PREPARATA; POLYGONUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SINAPIS; SINAPIS ALBAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 68849099813     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem103     Document Type: Article

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