Glabridin as a major active isoflavan from Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) reverses learning and memory deficits in diabetic rats

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-230

  Hasanein, Parisa ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

diabetes mellitus; glabridin; learning; memory; rats; streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

GLABRIDIN; GLUCOSE; ISOFLAVAN DERIVATIVE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LEARNING; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE LEARNING; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLYCYRRHIZA; ISOFLAVONES; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN;

EID: 79959253208     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: 15882683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.98.2011.2.14     Document Type: Article

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