Centella asiatica attenuates the neurobehavioral, neurochemical and histological changes in transient focal middle cerebral artery occlusion rats

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 925-933

  Islam, Fakhrul ^a,c   Tabassum, Rizwana ^a   Vaibhav, Kumar ^a   Shrivastava, Pallavi ^a,d   Khan, Andleeb ^a   Ejaz Ahmed, Md ^a   Javed, Hayate ^a   Islam, Farah ^b   Ahmad, Sayeed ^b   Saeed Siddiqui, M ^a   Safhi, Mohammed M ^c  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asiatic acid; Centella asiatica; Ischemia reperfusion; Neurobehavior; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASIATIC ACID; ASIATICOSIDE; CATALASE; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MADECASSIC ACID; MADECOSSIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REPERFUSION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATALASE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HAND STRENGTH; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84879072641     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-1163-1     Document Type: Article

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