Aqueous extracts of FBD, a Chinese herb formula composed of Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, and Angelica sinensis reverse scopolamine induced memory deficit in ICR mice

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 396-401

  Lin, Zhihong ^a   Xiao, Zhibin ^a   Zhu, Danni ^a   Yan, Yongqing ^a   Yu, Boyang ^a   Wang, Qiujuan ^a  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Alzheimer's disease; Angelica sinensis; Atractylodes macrocephala; Butyrylcholinesterase; Memory; Poria cocos

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ATRACTYLODES MACROCEPHALA EXTRACT; CHOLINESTERASE; DONEPEZIL; PORIA COCOS EXTRACT; SCOPOLAMINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; APIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; ATRACTYLODES; ATRACTYLODES MACROCEPHALA; FUNGI; MUS; POLYPORACEAE; PORIA; PORIA COCOS; SCLEROTIUM (ASCOMYCOTA);

EID: 77149136117     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200902758816     Document Type: Article

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