Ocimum sanctum Linn. Leaf extracts inhibit acetylcholinesterase and improve cognition in rats with experimentally induced dementia

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 912-919

  Giridharan, Vijayasree Vayalanellore ^a   Thandavarayan, Rajarajan Amirthalingam ^a   Mani, Vasudevan ^b   Ashok Dundapa, Taranalli ^c   Watanabe, Kenichi ^a   Konishi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c K L E S S COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

acetylcholinesterase; dementia; immunostimulant; memory; Ocimum sanctum

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALCOHOL; ATROPINE; CYCLOSPORIN; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PIRACETAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEST;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; OCIMUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SKIN;

OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; RATTUS;

EID: 80051999966     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2010.1516     Document Type: Article

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