Pharmacological evidences for the antiamnesic effects of Desmodium gangeticum in mice

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-207

  Hanumanthachar, Joshi ^a   Milind, Parle ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Anticholinesterase activity; Desmodium gangeticum; Memory

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DESMODIUM GANGETICUM EXTRACT; PIRACETAM; PLANT EXTRACT; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMODIUM GANGETICUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEGUME; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 79958038598     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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