Matricaria chamomilla extract demonstrates antioxidant properties against elevated rat brain oxidative status induced by amnestic dose of scopolamine

Biomedicine and Aging Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 355-360

  Alibabaei, Zahra ^a   Rabiei, Zahra ^a   Rahnama, Samira ^a   Mokhtari, Shiva ^a   Rafieian Kopaei, Mahmoud ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Matricaria Chamomilla; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

MALONALDEHYDE; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA EXTRACT; SCOPOLAMINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE TEST; RAT;

EID: 84908355042     PISSN: 22105220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomag.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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