Diosgenin ameliorates cognition deficit and attenuates oxidative damage in senescent mice induced by D-galactose.

Chiu, Chuan-Sung; Chiu, Yung-Jia; Wu, Lung-Yuan; Lu, Tsung-Chun; Huang, Tai-Hung; Hsieh, Ming-Tsuen; Lu, Chung-Yen; Peng, Wen-Huang

Chiu, Chuan-Sung; Chiu, Yung-Jia; Wu, Lung-Yuan; Lu, Tsung-Chun; Huang, Tai-Hung; Hsieh, Ming-Tsuen; Lu, Chung-Yen; Peng, Wen-Huang.

Affiliation

Chiu CS; School of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chinese Medicine Resources, Taiwan.

Am J Chin Med ; 39(3): 551-63, 2011.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21598421

Subject(s)

Antioxidants/therapeutic use; Brain/drug effects; Cognition Disorders/prevention & control; Dioscorea/chemistry; Diosgenin/therapeutic use; Oxidative Stress/drug effects; Phytotherapy; Aging/physiology; Animals; Antioxidants/pharmacology; Brain/metabolism; Cognition Disorders/chemically induced; Cognition Disorders/metabolism; Diosgenin/pharmacology; Galactose; Glutathione Peroxidase/metabolism; Male; Malondialdehyde/metabolism; Maze Learning/drug effects; Memory/drug effects; Mice; Mice, Inbred ICR; Neuroprotective Agents/pharmacology; Neuroprotective Agents/therapeutic use; Plant Extracts/pharmacology; Plant Extracts/therapeutic use; Superoxide Dismutase/metabolism

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Database: MEDLINE Therapeutic Methods and Therapies TCIM: Terapias_biologicas / Plantas_medicinales Main subject: Brain / Cognition Disorders / Oxidative Stress / Dioscorea / Diosgenin / Phytotherapy / Antioxidants Language: En Journal: Am J Chin Med Year: 2011 Type: Article Affiliation country: Taiwan

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