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ArticleMetabolic brain disease2019

Safranal protects against beta-amyloid peptide-induced cell toxicity in PC12 cells via MAPK and PI3 K pathways.

Faezeh Rafieipour, Elham Hadipour, Seyed Ahmad Emami, Javad Asili, Zahra Tayarani-Najaran

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Article in Metabolic brain disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Faezeh RafieipourDepartment of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Elham HadipourDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
Seyed Ahmad EmamiDepartment of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Javad AsiliDepartment of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Zahra Tayarani-NajaranBiotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 9188617871, Mashhad, Iran. tayaraninz@mums.ac.ir.
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRBiotechnology Research Center · IRFerdowsi University of Mashhad · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease is a type of cerebrovascular problem with progressive mental disabilities for the patient. This study aimed to investigate the protective effect of safranal on toxicity and oxidative damage induced by beta-amyloid (Aβ) and hydrogen peroxide (H

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsAntioxidantsApoptosisCyclohexenesMAP Kinase Signaling SystemNeuroprotective AgentsOxidative StressPC12 CellsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphorylationRatsReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionTerpenesAmyloid beta-PeptidesAntioxidantsCyclohexenesNeuroprotective AgentsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesReactive Oxygen SpeciessafranalTerpenesAlzheimer’s diseaseApoptosisBeta-amyloidCrocus sativus, Safranal, saffron

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PMID30402809
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