Ginkgo biloba extract EGb761 protects against mitochondrial dysfunction in platelets and hippocampi in ovariectomized rats

Platelets

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-59

  Shi, Chun ^a,b   Fang, Li ^c   Yew, David T ^b   Yao, Zhibin ^a   Xu, Jie ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ginkgo; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Neurodegeneration; Ovariectomy; Platelet

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ESTROGEN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THROMBOCYTE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR;

GINKGO BILOBA; RATTUS;

EID: 75449115920     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09537100903395180     Document Type: Article

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