A review of experimental research on herbal compounds in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-21

  Zhang, Xue ^a,b   Hong, Yan Long ^a,b   Xu, De Sheng ^a   Feng, Yi ^a,b   Zhao, Li Jie ^a,b   Ruan, Ke Feng ^a,b   Yang, Xiu Juan ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Zhangjiang Engineering Research Center of Modern Preparation Technology of TCM   (China)

Author keywords

active ingredients; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; experiment research; herbal medicine; monomers

Indexed keywords

AMPELOPSIN; ANTIOXIDANT; ASTRAGALOSIDE IV; BETA ASARONE; CATALPOL; CELASTROL; CRYPTOTANSHINONE; CURCUMIN; DIALLYL TRISULFIDE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FERULIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GASTRODIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUPERZINE A; ISORHYNCHOPHYLLINE; MADECASSOSIDE; MORRONISIDE; MUSCONE; OBOVATOL; PAEONIFLORIN; PEONOL; PICROSIDE II; RESVERATROL; SELAGINELLIN; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WOGONIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CALCIUM CYTOTOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TOXICITY; EXCITOTOXICITY; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW;

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EXPERIMENT RESEARCH; HERBAL MEDICINE; MONOMERS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84892445984     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4960     Document Type: Review

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