Protective Effect of Methanol Extract of Uncaria rhynchophylla Against Excitotoxicity Induced by N-Methyl-D-Aspartate in Rat Hippocampus

• Main Authors: Jongseok Lee (Author), Dongwook Son (Author), Pyeongjae Lee (Author), Dae-Keun Kim (Author), Min-Chul Shin (Author), Mi-Hyeon Jang (Author), Chang-Ju Kim (Author), Yong-Sik Kim (Author), Sun-Yeou Kim (Author), Hocheol Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Uncaria rhynchophylla is a medicinal herb used for convulsive disorders in Oriental medicine. In this study, the effect of the methanol extract of Uncaria rhynchophylla against N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced excitotoxicity was investigated. Pretreatment with the extract of Uncaria rhynchopylla...