Neferine and lianzixin extracts have protective effects on undifferentiated caffeine-damaged PC12 cells

• Principais autores: Jingjing Chen (Autor), Mimi Tang (Autor), Manhua Liu (Autor), Yueping Jiang (Autor), Bin Liu (Autor), Shao Liu (Autor)
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• Publicado em: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The embryos of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn seeds, lianzixin, are used in China as food and traditional herbal medicine. Principal therapeutic indications are insomnia, anxiety and pyrexia. Caffeine is a psychostimulant and excessive use predisposes to cell damage and neurotoxicity. W...