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ReviewAdvances in pharmacological sciences2016

A Review on Potential Mechanisms of Terminalia chebula in Alzheimer's Disease.

Amir R Afshari, Hamid R Sadeghnia, Hamid Mollazadeh

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Review in Advances in pharmacological sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Amir R AfshariPharmacological Research Center of Medicinal Plants, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 917794-8564, Iran.
Hamid R SadeghniaPharmacological Research Center of Medicinal Plants, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 917794-8564, Iran; Neurocognitive Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 917794-8564, Iran.
Hamid MollazadehNeurocognitive Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 917794-8564, Iran.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current management of Alzheimer's disease (AD) focuses on acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) and NMDA receptor antagonists, although outcomes are not completely favorable. Hence, novel agents found in herbal plants are gaining attention as possible therapeutic alternatives. The Terminalia chebula (Family: Combretaceae) is a medicinal plant with a wide spectrum of medicinal properties and is reported to contain various biochemicals such as hydrolysable tannins, phenolic compounds, and flavonoids, so it may prove to be a good therapeutic alternative. In this research, we reviewed published scientific literature found in various databases: PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Web of Science, Scirus, and Google Scholar, with the keywords: T. chebula, AD, neuroprotection, medicinal plant, antioxidant, ellagitannin, gallotannin, gallic acid, chebulagic acid, and chebulinic acid. This review shows that T. chebula extracts and its constituents have AChEI and antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, all of which are currently relevant to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

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