Neuroprotective effect of natural products against Alzheimer's disease

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1829-1842

  Essa, Musthafa M ^a,b,c   Vijayan, Reshmi K ^a   Castellano Gonzalez, Gloria ^b,d   Memon, Mustaq A ^e   Braidy, Nady ^b   Guillemin, Gilles J ^a,b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NYSIBR   (United States)

^d St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research   (Australia)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Antioxidant polyphenols; Cell signaling; Natural products; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,4,6 PENTA O GALLOYL BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSE; 4 O METHYLHONOKIOL; ASCORBIC ACID; BASTADIN 1; BRYOSTATIN; CARNOSIC ACID; CARNOSINE; DIPEPTIDE; GALANTAMINE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINKGOLIDE B; HEDYOTIS DIFFUSA EXTRACT; HOMOTAURINE; HUPERZINE A; KD 501; MAGNOLIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; METHOXSALEN; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATE EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SCROPHULARIA BUERGERIANA EXTRACT; SOMINONE; UNCARIA RHYNCHOPHYLLA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WITHANOSIDE IV;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APPLE; BACOPA MONNIERI; BLUEBERRY; COFFEE; COGNITION; CORIANDER; DRUG METABOLISM; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; FRUIT; HERB; HUMAN; HUPERZIA; HUPERZIA SERRATA; MEMORY; MULBERRY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUT; NUTRIENT; PAPAYA; PHYTONUTRIENT; POMEGRANATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAWBERRY; SWELLING; TEA; VEGETABLE; WALNUT;

JUGLANS;

EID: 84866734918     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-012-0799-9     Document Type: Review

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