[Effects of yizhi pills on memory, superoxide dismutase and malondialdehyde of brain and immunity in mice]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1997 Aug;22(8):493-6 inside back cover.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Passive avoidance tests have shown that Yizhi Pills (YZ) markedly improve the memory of normal mice at a dose of 100 mg/kg after oral administration for fifteen days, and significantly reverse the scopolamine, NaNO2 and EtOH-induced disruptions of memory retention in mice at doses of 100, 200, 500 mg/kg after oral administration for five days. In aged mice induced by D-galactose, YZ also significantly improve the impaired memory, increase the activity of SOD and decrease the content of MDA in brain. All these effects were observed at doses of 200, 500 mg/kg after oral administration for forty-one days. YZ significantly promote blood carbon particle clearance, enhance hemolysin antibody in immunodepressed mice induced by cyclophosphamide, and increase earswelling in immunodepressed mice induced by prednisolonum.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / metabolism*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology*
  • Female
  • Hemolysin Proteins / immunology
  • Male
  • Malondialdehyde / metabolism*
  • Memory / drug effects*
  • Memory Disorders / chemically induced
  • Memory Disorders / drug therapy
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Superoxide Dismutase / metabolism*

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Hemolysin Proteins
  • Malondialdehyde
  • Superoxide Dismutase