Evodiamine Induces Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid-1-Mediated Protective Autophagy in U87-MG Astrocytes

Cerebral ischemia is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, which results in cognitive and motor dysfunction, neurodegenerative diseases, and death. Evodiamine (Evo) is extracted from Evodia rutaecarpa Bentham, a plant widely used in Chinese herbal medicine, which possesses variable b...

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Main Authors: Ann-Jeng Liu, Sheng-Hao Wang, Sz-Ying Hou, Chien-Ju Lin, Wen-Ta Chiu, Sheng-Huang Hsiao, Thay-Hsiung Chen, Chwen-Ming Shih
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/354840