Appraisal of scopolamine-induced antiamnesic effect in mice and in vitro antiacetylcholinesterase and antioxidant activities of some traditionally used Lamiaceae plants

ERDOĞAN ORHAN, İLKAY; ASLAN, MUSTAFA

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.12.026

Appraisal of scopolamine-induced antiamnesic effect in mice and in vitro antiacetylcholinesterase and antioxidant activities of some traditionally used Lamiaceae plants

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ERDOĞAN ORHAN İ., ASLAN M.

JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, vol.122, no.2, pp.327-332, 2009 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 122 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2009
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.12.026
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.327-332
Keywords: Salvia triloba, Teucrium polium, Melissa officinalis, Lamiaceae, Amnesia, Passive avoidance test, Alzheimer's disease, Anticholinesterase, Antioxidant, LAVANDULAEFOLIA ESSENTIAL OIL, MEMORY-ENHANCING ACTIVITY, NEOCLERODANE DITERPENOIDS, SALVIA, ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE, INHIBITION, IMPAIRMENT, DONEPEZIL, EXTRACT
Lokman Hekim University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Salvia species and Melissa officinalis are used for their memory-enhancing effects in European folk medicine. Teucrium polium was reported to be used in Anatolia for memory-enhancement in a very old book written by an Ottoman herbalist-physician.