Efficacy study of Prunus amygdalus (almond) nuts in scopolamine-induced amnesia in rats

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-173

  Kulkarni, Kirti S ^a   Kasture, S B ^b   Mengi, S A ^a  

^a SNDT WOMEN S UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SANJIVANI COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; amnesia; Prunus amygdalus; scopolamine

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINESTERASE; GLUCOSE; METRIFONATE; PIRACETAM; PLANT EXTRACT; PRUNUS AMYGDALUS EXTRACT; SCOPOLAMINE; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALMOND; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS AMYGDALUS; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77955463004     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.66841     Document Type: Article

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