Analysis of the distribution of β-asarone in rat hippocampus, brainstem, cortex and cerebellum with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1728-1734

  Liu, Lin ^a   Fang, Yong Qi ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acorus tatarinowii Schott; Brainstem; Cerebellum; Cortex; Distribution of asarone; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

BETA ASARONE;

ACORUS; ACORUS TATARINOWII; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG PENETRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ACORUS TATARINOWII; RATTUS;

EID: 79957648221     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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