Short Communication: Neuroprotection of soyabean isoflavone co-administration with folic acid against β -amyloid 1-40-induced neurotoxicity in rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 502-505

  Ma, Wei Wei ^a   Xiang, Li ^a   Yu, Huan Ling ^a   Yuan, Lin Hong ^a   Guo, Ai Min ^a   Xiao, Yi Xiu ^a   Li, Li ^a   Xiao, Rong ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amyloid peptide; Folic acid; Neuroprotection; Soyabean isoflavones

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; SOYABEAN ISOFLAVONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; ANTIOXIDANT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZATION; SOYBEAN; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FOLIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOYBEANS;

EID: 70149095181     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509274757     Document Type: Article

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