Curcuma comosa improves learning and memory function on ovariectomized rats in a long-term Morris water maze test

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-75

  Su, Jian ^a   Sripanidkulchai, Kittisak ^b   Wyss, J Michael ^c   Sripanidkulchai, Bungorn ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Curcuma comosa; Morris water maze; Ovariectomized rat; Phytoestrogen; Spatial memory; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

1,7 DIPHENYLHEPTA 4,6 DIEN 3 ONE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CURCUMA COMOSA EXTRACT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCUMA COMOSA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CURCUMA; DRUG EFFECTS; MEMORY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CURCUMA; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; CURCUMA COMOSA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 77953809917     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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