Antiamnesic activity of an ayurvedic formulation Chyawanprash in mice

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Parle, Milind ^a   Bansal, Nitin ^a,b  

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

^b Rajendra Institute of Technology and Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALPRAZOLAM; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CHYAWANPRASH; DONEPEZIL; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; PIRACETAM; SCOPOLAMINE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIAMNESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTEROCEPTIVE MEMORY; HEBB WILLIAMS MAZE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 80052736708     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/neq021     Document Type: Article

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