TITLE:
Nootropic Activity of Caralluma fimbriata Extract in Mice
AUTHORS:
Ramaswamy Rajendran, Digambar Balkrishna Ambikar, Rakesh Arun Khandare, Vrushali Dattatraya Sannapuri, Niraj Sudhakar Vyawahare, Paul Clayton
KEYWORDS:
Caralluma; Ayurvedic; Nootrope; Anxiolytic; Obesity; Alzheimer’s
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.5 No.2,
January
17,
2014
ABSTRACT:
We investigated the effects of a standardized
extract of Caralluma fimbriata Wall
(CFE) on learning and memory in mice using various behavioural models.
Unusually, CFE exerts both
nootropic and anxiolytic effects.