Ameliorative effect of ethanol extract of Eragrostis tremula Hochst. ex Steud. against diazepam-induced amnesia in mice

• Published in: Bulletin of the National Research Centre Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Nazifi, Abdullahi Balarabe, Abubakar, Abdulhakim, Magaji, Mohammed Garba, Aliyu, Musa, Danjuma, Nuhu Mohammed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18.04.2022; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Acute toxicity; Amnesia; Benzodiazepines; Cognitive ability; Diazepam; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Eragrostis; Eragrostis tremula; Ethanol; Evaluation; Glutathione; Hippocampus; Humanities and Social Sciences; Latency; Memory; multidisciplinary; Object recognition; Oxidative stress; Pattern recognition; Pharmaceutical Industries; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Superoxide dismutase; Toxicity; Oxidative stress; Amnesia; Diazepam; Acute toxicity

Background Eragrostis tremula Hochst. ex Steud. (Poaceae) is used in ethno-medicine as a memory enhancer. Studies have shown that the whole plant possesses memory enhancing potentials and could be beneficial in the management of amnesia and cognitive deficit. Aim This study was aimed at investigatin...