EVALUATION OF MEMORY ENHANCING ACTIVITY OF ECLIPTA ALBA
Mathew George, Lincy Joseph and *Nimmy Mathew
ABSTRACT
Short and long term memory loss may result from deteriorating
cerebral mechanisms due to varied causes which could have a
tremendous impact on the quality of life. Herbs are being constantly
explored to resolve cognitive deficits. Eclipta alba (Ea) is being
examined for its memory enhancing quality as it is traditionally used
for this purpose. The shade dried root and stem of Eclipta alba was
extracted with distilled ethanol. The suspension of Ea containing 100
and 200 mg/kg was administered to mice to evaluate Transfer Latency
(TL) on an elevated plus maze. TL was a measure of acquisition and
retrieval learning. The results revealed significant improvement of
retrieval memory.
Keywords: Eclipta alba, Transfer latency, bhringaraj.
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