Effects of a chicken extract on food-deprived activity stress in rats.
A water-soluble chicken extract is popularly consumed as a traditional health food. The studies made revealed that it could increase the survival time and inhibit the increase of locomotor activity in rats loaded with food-deprived activity stress. The mechanism for this might be related to an elevation of the brain histamine level, and the active ingredient, carnosine, might contribute to this effect.
Lü
Yan-Qing
YQ
Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
He
Rong-Rong
RR
Watanabe
Hiroshi
H
Abe
Keiich
K
Sakurai
Eiko
E
Yanai
Kazuhiko
K
Kurihara
Hiroshi
H
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002645:Chickens; D005508:Food Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D006632:Histamine / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000187:drug effects*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism
D006632:Histamine