| Title : Screening of traditionally used Lebanese herbs for neurological activities - Salah_2005_J.Ethnopharmacol_97_145 |
| Author(s) : Salah SM , Jager AK |
| Ref : J Ethnopharmacol , 97 :145 , 2005 |
| Abstract : In the recent decades the use of traditional medicine in Lebanon has increased. Aqueous, ethanol and ethyl acetate extracts of seven Lebanese plants that are used traditionally for neurological disorders as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy and affective disorders as depression were tested for inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and affinity to the GABA(A)-benzodiazepine site and to the serotonin transporter. Ethyl acetate extracts of Salvia triloba, Lavandula officinalis, Origanum syriacum and Artemisia herba-alba exhibited weak activity in the acetylcholinesterase assay. None of the plants were active in the serotonin transporter assay. An ethanolic extract of Artemisia herba-alba had good affinity to the GABA(A)-benzodiazepine receptor site; ethanolic extracts of Melissa officinalis and Salvia triloba had moderate activity. |
| ESTHER : Salah_2005_J.Ethnopharmacol_97_145 |
| PubMedSearch : Salah_2005_J.Ethnopharmacol_97_145 |
| PubMedID: 15652288 |
Salah SM, Jager AK (2005)
Screening of traditionally used Lebanese herbs for neurological activities
J Ethnopharmacol
97 :145
Salah SM, Jager AK (2005)
J Ethnopharmacol
97 :145