Spirulina prevents memory dysfunction, reduces oxidative stress damage and augments antioxidant activity in senescence-accelerated mice

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-191

  Hwang, Juen Haur ^a,b   Lee, I Te ^c   Jeng, Kee Ching ^c,d,e   Wang, Ming Fu ^d   Hou, Rolis Chien Wei ^f   Wu, Su Mei ^d   Chan, Yin Ching ^d  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amyloid protein; Antioxidant enzymes; Memory dysfunction; Oxidative stress; Spirulina platensis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SPIRULINA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE ACCELERATED MOUSE;

AGING; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPIRULINA;

MUS; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 79959706229     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.57.186     Document Type: Article

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