Brain antioxidant markers, cognitive performance and acetylcholinesterase activity of rats: Efficiency of Sonchus asper

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Khan, Rahmat A ^a,b   Khan, Muhammad R ^b   Sahreen, Sumaira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BANNU   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase activity; Antioxidant enzymes; Cognitive performance; Sonchus asper

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; SONCHUS ASPER EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEARNING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SONCHUS ASPER;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEMORY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SONCHUS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84861007771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-8-21     Document Type: Article

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