Natural Product Sciences
- Volume 15 Issue 4
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- Pages.198-202
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- 2009
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- 1226-3907(pISSN)
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- 2288-9027(eISSN)
Effects of ${\alpha}$ -Asarone against Global Cerebral Ischemia in Rats
- Kim, Young-Ock (Herbal Crop Processing Research Team Department of Herbal Crop Research National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science Rural Development Administration) ;
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Kwon, Yong-Soo
(Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University) ;
- Lee, Seong-Eun (Herbal Crop Processing Research Team Department of Herbal Crop Research National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science Rural Development Administration) ;
- Lee, Sang-Won (Herbal Crop Processing Research Team Department of Herbal Crop Research National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science Rural Development Administration) ;
- Lee, Hee-Jae (Department of pharmacology, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University)
- Published : 2009.12.31
Abstract
Based on the use of Acorus gramineus SOLAND (AG) for the treatment of stroke in traditional Korean medicine, the present study was carried out to evaluate neuroprotective effects of
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