Protective action of Cecropia pachystachya extract and enriched flavonoid fraction against memory deficits, inflammation and oxidative damage in lipopolysaccharide challenged mice

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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Cecropia pachystachya (CP) Trécul is a medicinal plant native to South and Central America with several pharmacological properties, such as anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective.

AIM OF THE STUDY: In this study, we investigated the effect of CP extract (200 mg/kg) and its enriched flavonoid fraction (EFF-CP) (50 and 100 mg/kg) in a model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced neuroinflammation.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: CP and EFF-CP were administered intragastrically for 14 days and LPS (250 μg/kg) was administered intraperitoneally from the 8th to the 14th days. LC/DAD/MS analysis showed the presence of isoorientin, orientin, and isovitexin as major compounds.

RESULTS: The results demonstrated that CP extract and EFF-CP gave protection against LPS-induced short-term and long-term memory deficits. The treatment with CP and/or EFF-CP protected against LPS-induced increases in reactive species, nitrites, total thiol and lipoperoxidation in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus and striatum. Moreover, CP and EFF-CP restored superoxide dismutase and catalase activities that had been reduced by LPS in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus and striatum. TNF-α levels were increased in the cortex, striatum and hippocampus in the LPS group, while CP treatment prevented this change in the cerebral cortex. EFF-CP decreased the levels of this cytokine in all structures analyzed at both doses.

CONCLUSION: CP extract and its EFF-CP are important therapeutic targets for the management of neuroinflammation observed in neurodegenerative diseases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

2023

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:318

Enthalten in:

Journal of ethnopharmacology - 318(2023), Pt B vom: 10. Jan., Seite 117080

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bona, Natália Pontes [VerfasserIn]
Soares de Aguiar, Mayara Sandrielly [VerfasserIn]
Spohr, Luiza [VerfasserIn]
Pedra, Nathalia Stark [VerfasserIn]
Dos Santos, Francieli da Silva [VerfasserIn]
Saraiva, Juliane Torchelsen [VerfasserIn]
Alvez, Fernando Lopez [VerfasserIn]
de Moraes Meine, Bernardo [VerfasserIn]
Recart, Vânia [VerfasserIn]
Farias, Ingrid Vicente [VerfasserIn]
Ortmann, Caroline Flach [VerfasserIn]
Spanevello, Roselia Maria [VerfasserIn]
Reginatto, Flavio Henrique [VerfasserIn]
Stefanello, Francieli Moro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cecropia pachystachya
Flavonoids
Journal Article
Lipopolysaccharide
Lipopolysaccharides
Memory
Neuroinflammation
Plant Extracts
Redox status

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Date Completed 18.09.2023

Date Revised 18.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jep.2023.117080

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361238053