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Scopolamine administration modulates muscarinic, nicotinic and NMDA receptor systems.
PLoS ONE, 2012 Studies on the effect of scopolamine on memory are abundant but so far only regulation of the muscarinic receptor (M1) has been reported. We hypothesized that levels of other cholinergic brain receptors as the nicotinic receptors and the N-methyl-D ...
Soheil Keihan Falsafi +4 more
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Effect of Nigella sativa and wheat germ oils on scopolamine-induced memory impairment in rats
Bulletin of Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University, 2012 Aim: To investigate the possible memory enhancing effects of Nigella sativa oil (NSO) and wheat germ oil (WGO) on scopolamine-induced amnesic rats. Methods: Male Wistar rats received either saline or scopolamine (16 mg/kg, i.p.).
Salma A. El-Marasy +4 more
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Application of recombinant DNA technology to studies on plant secondary metabolism [PDF]
, 2001 This review which is concerned with the application of recombinant DNA technology to studies on plant secondary metabolism, presents the more common plant transformation strategies and shows how these genetic approaches are being used in attempts to ...
Yeoman, Michael M., Zárate, Rafael
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Pharmaceutical Biology, 2018 Context: Scopolamine, a muscarinic receptor antagonist, causes memory loss that resembles Alzheimer's disease (AD). Echium amoenum L. (Boraginaceae) is a famous medicinal plant of Iran that is traditionally used as a sedative and mood enhancer. Objective:
Zahra Rabiei, Mahbubeh Setorki
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Cognitive enhancing of pineapple extract and juice in scopolamine-induced amnesia in mice
Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2017 The objective of the present study was to evaluate the cognitive enhancing of pineapple juice and ethanolic extract in scopolamine-induced cognitive deficit mice.
Amir Abbas Momtazi-borojeni +4 more
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Foods, 2020 A novel method was developed and applied to the determination of the most representative tropane alkaloids (TAs), atropine and scopolamine, in gluten-free (GF) grains and flours by HPLC-MS/MS.
Lorena González-Gómez +4 more
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Natural selection drives chemical resistance of Datura stramonium [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Plant resistance to herbivores involves physical and chemical plant traits that prevent or diminish damage by herbivores, and hence may promote coevolutionary arm-races between interacting species.
Adán Miranda-Pérez +9 more
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Improvement of cognitive deficit of curcumin on scopolamine-induced Alzheimer’s disease models
Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022 Background: It has been suggested that curcumin may be useful in diseases with cognitive dysfunction because it slows the progression and leads to the improvement of cognitive functions.
Guzin Cakmak +5 more
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Application of Metabolic Engineering to the Production of Scopolamine
Molecules, 2008 Scopolamine is an alkaloid widely used in medicine for its anticholinergic activity. The aim of this review is to show that metabolic engineering techniques constitute a suitable tool to improve the production of tropane alkaloids, focusing in particular
Mohammad Hossein Mirjalili +3 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018 The analogous β-carboline alkaloids, harmaline (HAL) and harmine (HAR), possess a variety of biological properties, including acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory activity, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and many others, and have great potential for ...
Shuping Li +11 more
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