Research Article

Neuroprotective Properties of a Standardized Extract from Myracrodruon urundeuva Fr. All. (Aroeira-Do-Sertão), as Evaluated by a Parkinson’s Disease Model in Rats

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Effects of the standardized extract from Myracrodruon urundeuva (SEMU: 10, 20, and 40 mg/kg, p.o.) on dopamine (DA) levels in the right striatum. The drug was administered, 1 h after the stereotaxic surgery (unilateral injection of 6-OHDA into the right striatum) and daily for 14 days. The values are expressed as means ± SEM from 5 to 12 animals per group. ; ; versus 6-OHDA (one-way ANOVA and the Newman-Keuls as the post hoc test).
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