Wahid Fazal, Jan Tour, Al-Joufi Fakhria A, Ali Shah Syed Wadood, Nisar Mohammad, Zahoor Muhammad
Department of Botany, University of Malakand, Dir (Lower), Chakdara 18800, Pakistan.
Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia.
Brain Sci. 2022 Jul 7;12(7):894. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12070894.
is medicinally used in various parts of the world to treat a number of diseases. In the literature, the antiamnesic activity of this plant has not yet been reported. Therefore, the current study was aimed at evaluating the in vivo antiamnesic (scopolamine-induced) potential of . The major phytochemical groups such as total phenolic (TPC), total tannin (TTC), and total flavonoid content (TFC) in methanolic extract (SlMo-Crd) and subsequent fractions of were quantified using standard methods. The in vitro anticholinesterase (against butyryl cholinesterase; BChE and acetylcholinesterase; AChE) and antioxidant (against 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl; DPPH and 2,2'-Azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid); ABTS free radicals) potentials of crude (SIMO-Crd) extract and fractions (hexane; SlMo-Hex, chloroform; SlMo-Chl, ethyl acetate; SlMo-Et) were also determined. The SlMo-Crd at doses of 100 and 200 mg/kg body weight compared to fractions of 75 and 150 mg/kg body weight (which were 1/10th of the highest dose tested in acute toxicity tests) were evaluated for their memory enhancement and learning behavior in normal and scopolamine-induced mental dysfunction in mice using behavioral memory tests such as the Y-maze test and novel object recognition test (NORT). Moreover, the samples were further evaluated for acetylcholine contents and biochemical markers such as MDA (malondialdehyde), SOD (superoxide dismutase), CAT (catalase), and GSH (glutathione peroxidase) levels. The maximum TPC with a value of 114.81 ± 1.15 mg GAE/g, TTC with a value of 106.79 ± 1.07 mg GAE/g, and TFC with a value of 194.29 ± 0.83 mg RE/g were recorded for the SlMo-Chl fraction. Against the DPPH free radical, the methanolic extract exhibited an IC value of 95.29 ± 1.06 µg/mL whereas, among the fractions, the best activity was observed for the SlMo-Chl fraction with an IC of 75.02 ± 0.91 µg/mL, followed by SlMoS-Et with an IC value of 88.71 ± 0.87 µg/mL. Among the extracts, the SlMo-Chl and SlMo-Et fractions inverted the amnesic effects of scopolamine in mice effectively. Additionally, the SlMo-Chl and SIMO-Et fractions considerably enhanced the percent spontaneous alteration performance in the Y-maze test with values of 65.18 ± 2.61/69.51 ± 2.71 and 54.92 ± 2.49/60.41 ± 2.69, respectively, for the tested doses. The discrimination index (DI) in experimental mice was considerably enhanced by the SlMo-Chl in the NORT with values of 59.81 ± 1.21/61.22 ± 1.31% DI correspondingly for the tested doses, as mentioned above, followed by the SlMo-Et extract. The selected plant in the form of extracts ameliorated the effects of amnesia in mice and could, therefore, be used as a therapy for amnesia; however, this is subject to further exploration in other animal models and the isolation of the responsible compounds.
在世界不同地区,该植物被用于医学治疗多种疾病。在文献中,尚未报道过这种植物的抗遗忘活性。因此,本研究旨在评估其体内抗遗忘(东莨菪碱诱导)的潜力。采用标准方法对甲醇提取物(SlMo-Crd)及其后续馏分中的主要植物化学基团,如总酚(TPC)、总单宁(TTC)和总黄酮含量(TFC)进行定量。还测定了粗提物(SIMO-Crd)及其馏分(己烷;SlMo-Hex、氯仿;SlMo-Chl、乙酸乙酯;SlMo-Et)的体外抗胆碱酯酶(针对丁酰胆碱酯酶;BChE和乙酰胆碱酯酶;AChE)和抗氧化(针对2,2-二苯基-1-苦基肼;DPPH和2,2'-联氮-双-(3-乙基苯并噻唑啉-6-磺酸);ABTS自由基)潜力。与75和150 mg/kg体重的馏分(这是急性毒性试验中测试的最高剂量的1/10)相比,分别以100和200 mg/kg体重的剂量对SlMo-Crd进行评估,使用Y迷宫试验和新物体识别试验(NORT)等行为记忆试验,来观察其在正常小鼠和东莨菪碱诱导的精神功能障碍小鼠中的记忆增强和学习行为。此外,对样品的乙酰胆碱含量以及生化标志物,如丙二醛(MDA)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)和谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH)水平进行进一步评估。SlMo-Chl馏分中记录到的最大TPC值为114.81±1.15 mg GAE/g,TTC值为106.79±1.07 mg GAE/g,TFC值为194.29±0.83 mg RE/g。对于DPPH自由基,甲醇提取物的IC值为95.29±1.06 µg/mL,而在馏分中,SlMo-Chl馏分的活性最佳,IC值为75.02±0.91 µg/mL,其次是SlMoS-Et,IC值为88.71±0.87 µg/mL。在提取物中,SlMo-Chl和SlMo-Et馏分有效地逆转了东莨菪碱对小鼠的遗忘作用。此外,在Y迷宫试验中,SlMo-Chl和SIMO-Et馏分显著提高了自发交替百分比,测试剂量下的值分别为65.18±2.61/69.51±2.71和54.92±2.49/60.41±2.69。如上文所述,在NORT试验中,SlMo-Chl显著提高了实验小鼠的辨别指数(DI),测试剂量下相应的值为59.81±1.21/61.22±1.31%DI,其次是SlMo-Et提取物。所选植物提取物形式改善了小鼠的遗忘效应,因此可作为治疗遗忘症的疗法;然而,这有待在其他动物模型中进一步探索以及对负责的化合物进行分离。