Total saponins from Rhizoma Anemarrhenae ameliorate diabetes-associated cognitive decline in rats: Involvement of amyloid-beta decrease in brain

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 194-200

  Liu, Yao Wu ^a,b   Zhu, Xia ^b   Lu, Qian ^b   Wang, Jian Yun ^b   Li, Wei ^b   Wei, Ya Qin ^b   Yin, Xiao Xing ^a,b  

^a NANJING GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NANJING MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^b XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A ; Cognition; Diabetes; Rhizoma Anemarrhenae; TNF

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOZOCIN; TOTAL SAPONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RHIZOMA ANEMARRHENAE; RHIZOME; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANEMARRHENA; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOME; SAPONINS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

RATTUS;

EID: 83555173614     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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