Cerebroprotector activity of Rhaponticum carthamoides extract in rats with brain ischemia
Plotnikov, M.B.; Logvinov, S.V.; Pugachenko, N.V.; Maslov, M.I.; Aliev, O.I.; Vasil'ev, A.S.; Suslov, N.I.; Potapov, A.V.
Eksperimental'naia i Klinicheskaia Farmakologiia 68(4): 19-23
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-2092 PMID: 16193651 Document Number: 593732
Electron microscopy and electrophysiological data reveal pronounced structural and functional disturbances in cerebral cortex of rats with model brain ischemia. A 5-day treatment with a dry extract from Rhaponticum carthamoides (Willd.) Iljin. in a daily dose of 150 mg/kg (p.o.) equivalent to 2.7 mg ecdysterone per kg body weight reduced manifestations of the ischemic damage, improved the structure of neurons, and restored brain activity (EEG parameters).