Berberine and neurodegeneration: A review of literature

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 970-979

  Ahmed, Touqeer ^a   Gilani, Anwar Ul Hassan ^b,c   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^d   Daglia, Maria ^e   Nabavi, Seyed Fazel ^f   Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad ^f  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases; Antioxidant compounds; Berberine; Neurodegeneration; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; BERBERINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BERBERIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG MECHANISM; EXCITOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INCIDENCE; NEUROTOXICITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BERBERINE; BERBERIS; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84940031989     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharep.2015.03.002     Document Type: Review

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