Kolaviron, isolated from Garcinia kola, inhibits acetylcholinesterase activities in the hippocampus and striatum of Wistar rats

Annals of Neurosciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 42-46

  Ijomone, Omamuyovwi M ^a,b   Obi, Augustine U ^a,c  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b CROSS RIVER UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c IMO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; Brain; Histochemistry; Kolaviron

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; KOLAVIRON;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GARCINIA KOLA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 84879572261     PISSN: 09727531     EISSN: 09763260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5214/ans.0972.7531.200203     Document Type: Article

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