Beta-asarone, a major component of Acorus tatarinowii Schott, attenuates focal cerebral ischemia induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yang, Yuan Xiao ^a   Chen, Yi Tao ^a   Zhou, Xiao Jie ^a   Hong, Chun Lan ^a   Li, Chang Yu ^a   Guo, Jian You ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BETA ASARONE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HOMEOSTASIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RAT; REPERFUSION;

ACORUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANISOLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HAND STRENGTH; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84884508324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-236     Document Type: Article

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