Effects of a lyophilized aqueous extract of Feretia apodanthera Del. (Rubiaceae) on pentylenetetrazole-induced kindling, oxidative stress, and cognitive impairment in mice
| Autor: | Jean Pierre Omam Omam, Germain Sotoing Taiwe, Nadege E. Kouemou, G.T. Ngoupaye, Antoine Kavaye Kandeda, Jacqueline Stephanie Kameni Njapdounke, D. Pahaye, Simon Pale, E.R. Ayissi, E. Ngo Bum, G.C.N. Nkantchoua, Fleur Clarisse Okomolo Moto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Apodanthera medicine.drug_class Convulsants Rubiaceae Pharmacology Anxiety medicine.disease_cause Anxiolytic Behavioral Neuroscience Epilepsy Mice Cognition Seizures Kindling Neurologic Medicine Memory impairment Animals Cholinesterase biology business.industry Kindling Plant Extracts medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Oxidative Stress Freeze Drying Neurology Anesthesia biology.protein Acetylcholinesterase Plant Bark Pentylenetetrazole Neurology (clinical) business Cognition Disorders Oxidative stress Psychomotor Performance |
| Zdroj: | Epilepsybehavior : EB. 43 |
| ISSN: | 1525-5069 |
| Popis: | article i nfo Feretia apodanthera Del. (Rubiaceae) is extensively used in ethnomedicine in Cameroon and Nigeria for epilepsy, febrile convulsions, and rheumatic pains and for enhancing cognitive performance. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of a lyophilized aqueous extract of F. apodanthera on the course of kindling development, kindling-induced learning deficit, oxidative stress markers, and cholinesterase activity in pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-kindled mice. Pentylenetetrazole, 30 mg/kg, induced kindling in mice after 30.00 ± 1.67 days. The aqueous extract of F. apodanthera showed dose-dependent antiseizure effects. Feretia apodanthera (150-200 mg/kg) significantly increased the latency to myoclonic jerks, clonic seizures, and generalized tonic- clonic seizures. The extract also improved the seizure score and decreased the number of myoclonic jerks. Pentylenetetrazole kindling induced significant oxidative stress and cognitive impairment which were reversed by pretreatment with F. apodanthera in a dose-dependent manner. The significant decrease in cholinesterase activity observed in the PTZ-kindled mice was reversed by pretreatment with the F. apodanthera extract. The results indicated that pretreatment with the aqueous extract of F. apodanthera antagonizes seizures, oxidative stress, and cognitive impairment in PTZ-kindled mice. The aqueous extract of F. apodanthera also showed anxiolytic activities, but the inhibition of memory impairment was not attributed to the anxiolytic activities of the plant. These results thus suggest the potential of F. apodanthera as an adjuvant in epilepsy both to prevent seizures as well as to protect against seizure-induced oxidative stress and memory impairment. |
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