Evaluation of the effects of Astragalus mongholicus Bunge saponin extract on central nervous system functions

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 544-549

  Jalsrai, Aldarmaa ^a   Grecksch, Gisela ^b   Becker, Axel ^b  

^a Mongolian Academy of Science   (Mongolia)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Astragalus mongholicus; Hippocampus; Locomotor activity; Rat; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; PENTETRAZOLE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS MONGHOLICUS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANXIETY; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SAPONINS; SEIZURES;

ASTRAGALUS MONGHOLICUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77956649601     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.07.031     Document Type: Article

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