Parquetina nigrescens and Spondias mombin protects against neurochemical alterations in the scopolamine model of cognitive dysfunction
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Ayokunle O. Ademosun
Department of Biochemistry, School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
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Ayokunle O. Ademosun, Department of Biochemistry, School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 704, Akure, Nigeria.
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Search for more papers by this authorTemitope V. Popoola
Department of Biochemistry, School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
Search for more papers by this authorGaniyu Oboh
Department of Biochemistry, School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
Contribution: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorOlamide W. Fasakin
Department of Biochemistry, School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
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Ayokunle O. Ademosun
Department of Biochemistry, School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
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Ayokunle O. Ademosun, Department of Biochemistry, School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 704, Akure, Nigeria.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorTemitope V. Popoola
Department of Biochemistry, School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
Search for more papers by this authorGaniyu Oboh
Department of Biochemistry, School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
Contribution: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorOlamide W. Fasakin
Department of Biochemistry, School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
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Natural plants which are effective in Alzheimer's disease (AD) management are of pharmacological importance, though there is little or no scientific proof for most of their claims. This study sought to evaluate the effect of Hog plum (Spondias mombin) and Ogbo (Parquetina nigrescens) leaves extracts on antioxidant levels and activities of key enzymes linked to cognitive function in scopolamine-induced cognitive dysfunctioned rats. Rats were pretreated with S. mombin (SM) and P. nigrescens (PN) leaves extracts (50 and 100 mg/kg), donepezil (5 mg/kg) for 2 weeks via oral administration before induction of memory impairment via single i.p. administration of scopolamine (3 mg/kg body weight). Experimental rats were subjected to behavioral tests to check for cognitive performance before experiment termination. The activities of hippocampal key enzymes linked to cognitive function were determined. Results showed that pretreatment with SM and PN prevented the cognitive impairment induced by scopolamine. Furthermore, increased cholinesterases, adenosine deaminase (ADA), ATP hydrolysis, monoamine oxidase (MAO), and arginase activities induced by scopolamine were significantly reduced in rats treated with SM and PN leaves extract. Additionally, elevated malondialdehyde (MDA) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels observed in scopolamine-induced rats were reduced significantly in SM- and PN- pretreated rats. Decreased AMP hydrolysis, and nitric oxide and antioxidant level induced by scopolamine were prevented in pretreated rats. This study concluded that SM and PN leave extract effectiveness in cognitive management may be due to their high antioxidant activities and neuromodulatory effects on key enzymes linked to AD.
Practical applications
The use of natural products in the treatment and management of neurodegenerative diseases in Africa is becoming pertinent as the continent is blessed with medicinal plants while the price of synthetic drugs has been observed to be an economic burden on the continent. Parquetina nigrescens and Spondias mombin are examples of such medicinal plants that have been explored in folklore for the management of neurodegenerative diseases but there is a dearth of scientific validation for their use while there is no present data to evaluate possible mechanisms of action employed by these medicinal plants to mediate the therapeutic potential observed in folklore. Therefore, the present study seeks to validate the therapeutic use of P. nigrescens and S. mombin as observed in folklore as well as explore the possible mechanism of actions the plants may employ in mediating the proposed therapeutic potentials in neurodegenerative disease conditions while considering its toxicological effects in experimental animals.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors of the present study currently have no conflict of interest to declare.
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