Gastrodia elata Blume (tianma) mobilizes neuro-protective capacities

• Main Authors: Mishra, Manisha, Sze, Siu Kwan, Hu, Jiang-Miao, Feng, Zhi Wei, Heese, Klaus, Ramachandran, Umamaheswari, Sundaramurthi, Husvinee, Manavalan, Arulmani
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106235; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/23952; http://www.ijbmb.org/1205001A.html
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Tianma (Gastrodia elata Blume) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) often used for the treatment of headache, convulsions, hypertension and neurodegenerative diseases. Tianma also modulates the cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein App and cognitive functions in mice. The neuronal actions...