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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
The cognitive-enhancing activities of E-harpagoside and 8-O-E-p-methoxycinnamoylharpagide (MCA-Hg) isolated from Scrophularia buergeriana were evaluated in scopolamine-induced amnesic mice by the Morris water maze and by passive avoidance tests. E-harpagoside and MCA-Hg significantly improved the impairment of reference memory induced by scopolamine in the Morris water maze test. The mean escape latency, the mean path length and swimming movement were also improved by both compounds. In passive avoidance test, E-harpagoside and MCA-Hg (2 mg/kg body weight, p.o.) significantly ameliorated scopolamine-induced amnesia by as much as 70% of the level found in normal control mice. Donepezil, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and the most widely used drug for AD treatment was employed as a positive control. The activity of acetylcholinesterase was inhibited significantly by E-harpagoside or MCA-Hg within the cortex and hippocampus to a level similar to that observed in mice treated with donepezil (2 mg/kg body weight, p.o.). Moreover, treatment with E-harpagoside or MCA-Hg to scopolamine-induced amnesic mice significantly decreased TBARS level which was accompanied by an increase in the activities or contents of glutathione reductase, SOD and reduced GSH. We believe these data demonstrate that E-harpagoside or MCA-Hg exerted potent cognitive-enhancing activity through both anti-acetylcholinesterase and antioxidant mechanisms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Acetylcholinesterase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antioxidants, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione Peroxidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione Reductase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glycosides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Iridoids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Muscarinic Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neuroprotective Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nootropic Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyrans, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Scopolamine Hydrobromide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Superoxide Dismutase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/harpagoside
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0014-2999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
588
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
78-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Acetylcholinesterase, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Avoidance Learning, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Cognition, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Glutathione Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Glutathione Reductase, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Glycosides, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Iridoids, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Maze Learning, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Mice, Inbred ICR, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Muscarinic Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Neuroprotective Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Nootropic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Pyrans, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Scopolamine Hydrobromide, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Scrophularia, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Superoxide Dismutase, pubmed-meshheading:18462717-Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Cognitive-enhancing and antioxidant activities of iridoid glycosides from Scrophularia buergeriana in scopolamine-treated mice.
pubmed:affiliation
College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't