Centella asiatica (L.) Urban: From traditional medicine to modern medicine with neuroprotective potential

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Orhan, Ilkay Erdogan ^a,b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIATIC ACID; ASIATICOSIDE; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; MADASIATIC ACID; MADECASSIC ACID; MADECASSOSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMAN; MODERN TIMES; NEUROPROTECTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84862273441     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/946259     Document Type: Review

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