Chinese Herbs for Memory Disorders: A Review and Systematic Analysis of Classical Herbal Literature

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-11

  May, Brian H ^a   Lu, Chuanjian ^b,c   Lu, Yubo ^b,c   Zhang, Anthony L ^a   Xue, Charlie C L ^a,b,c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences   (China)

^c GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine; Dementia; Drug discovery; Ethnopharmacology; Herbal medicine; Memory; Natural products; Text mining

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ACORUS; ACORUS CALAMUS; ACORUS GRAMINUS; ACORUS TATARINOWII; ARANEA VENTRICOSA; BIOTA ORIENTALIS; CHINESE HERB; COPTIS CHINENSIS; CURCULIGO ORCHOIDES; DIMOCARPUS LONGAN; DIOSCOREA ALATA; EUPHORBIA ADENOCHLORA; GANODERMA; GENTIANA SCABRA; GYMNOCLADUS CHINENSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PHYLLOSTACHYS NIGRA; PHYTOLACCA ACINOSA; PINUS DENSIFLORA; PINUS MASSONIANA; POLYGALA TENUIFOLIA; PORIA COCOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; TETRAPANAX PAPYFERUS; ZIZIPHUS SPINOSA;

EID: 84874475373     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: 20938152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jams.2012.11.009     Document Type: Review

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