Effects of the total alkaloidal extract of Murraya koenigii leaf on oxidative stress and cholinergic transmission in aged mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-53

  Mani, Vasudevan ^a   Ramasamy, Kalavathy ^a   Ahmad, Aliya ^a   Wahab, Siti Norshazwani ^a   Jaafar, Siti Murnirah ^a   Kek, Teh Lay ^a   Salleh, Mohd Zaki ^a   Majeed, Abu Bakar Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; ageing; Alzheimer's disease; Murraya koenigii; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALOID; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BRAIN ENZYME; BRAIN PROTEIN; CATALASE; CREATININE; GIRINIMBINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MAHANIMBINE; MURRAYA KOENIGII EXTRACT; MURRAYANINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AGED; AGING; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUPPLEMENTATION; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICE; MURRAYA; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MURRAYA KOENIGII; MUS;

EID: 84872083966     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4676     Document Type: Article

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