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- Title
Protective effects of cinnamon on acetylcholinesterase activity and memory dysfunction in diabetic rats.
- Authors
Farazandeh, Maryam; Asghari, Ali Akbar; Shabab, Sadegh; Marefati, Narges; Rajabian, Arezoo; Mahmoudabady, Maryam; Hosseini, Mahmoud
- Abstract
Regarding neurocognitive and immunomodulatory properties of cinnamon (Cinn) we aimed to investigate whether cinnamon regulates acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity, and oxidative abnormalities with concomitant memory dysfunction in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes. Forty-seven male adult rats were divided into seven groups (n=8 animals): Control group: in these non-diabetic rats only saline 0.9% NaCl was gavaged, Diabetic (Dia) group: diabetic rats in them saline 0.9% NaCl was gavaged for six weeks. Dia-Cinn 100, Dia-Cinn 200, and Dia-Cinn 400, Dia-Met groups: in these diabetic rats the extract (100, 200, 400 mg/kg respectively) or metformin (300 mg/kg) was gavaged for six weeks. Passive avoidance performance, AChE enzyme activity, and oxidative indicators were examined among the groups. Vs. the control group, blood glucose level and stay time in the dark were remarkably increased in Dia group whereas the latency time was decreased. Meanwhile, antioxidant levels (superoxide dismutase, catalase, and thiols) noticeably decreased in the Dia group compared to the Control group. On the other hand, Cinn extract espicailly at the highest dose recovered the changes similar to those found in the metformin-treated group. These findings proposed that the cinnamon hydro-ethanolic extract promotes memory recovery in diabetic conditions through the atteuation of the AChE activity and oxidative injury.
- Subjects
ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOMARKERS; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test; ANIMAL behavior; BRAIN; ANIMAL experimentation; ONE-way analysis of variance; CINNAMON; DIABETES; BLOOD sugar; SUPEROXIDE dismutase; ANTIOXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE stress; RATS; CATALASE; AVOIDANCE (Psychology); MEMORY disorders; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PLANT extracts; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Journal of Complementary & Integrative Medicine, 2023, Vol 20, Issue 2, p387
- ISSN
1553-3840
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/jcim-2022-0201