Traditional Korean east asian medicines and herbal formulations for cognitive impairment

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 14670-14693

  Kumar, Hemant ^a   Song, Soo Yeol ^a   More, Sandeep Vasant ^a   Kang, Seong Mook ^a   Kim, Byung Wook ^a   Kim, In Su ^a   Choi, Dong Kug ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acorus gramineus; Herbal formulations; Memory; Sasang constitutional medicine; Traditional korean medicine

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; COGNITION; HUMANS; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; MEMORY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84890904729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules181214670     Document Type: Review

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