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The burden of neurodegenerative diseases is growing as the population ages. Alzheimer's is an example of the incurable and eventually fatal condition. In a symptomatic therapy, plant natural products and complex extracts obtained from medicnal plants appear to be a promising class of therapeutics for the treatment of this type of diseases. Delivery of Anemarrhena asphodeloides can improve the condition of neuronal cells. Here, we report the protective effect of extract from Anemarrhenae asphodeloides rhizoma on PC12 neuronal cell line in model system of 3-NP induced toxicity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]