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- Title
Sideritis scardica Extracts Demonstrate Neuroprotective Activity against Aβ 25–35 Toxicity.
- Authors
Ververis, Antonis; Ioannou, Kristia; Kyriakou, Sotiris; Violaki, Niki; Panayiotidis, Mihalis I.; Plioukas, Michael; Christodoulou, Kyproula
- Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative condition, primarily affecting seniors. Despite the significant time and money spent over the past few decades, no therapy has been developed yet. In recent years, the research has focused on ameliorating the cytotoxic amyloid beta (Aβ) peptide aggregates and the increased elevated oxidative stress, two interconnected main AD hallmarks. Medicinal plants constitute a large pool for identifying bioactive compounds or mixtures with a therapeutic effect. Sideritis scardica (SS) has been previously characterized as neuroprotective toward AD. We investigated this ability of SS by generating eight distinct solvent fractions, which were chemically characterized and assessed for their antioxidant and neuroprotective potential. The majority of the fractions were rich in phenolics and flavonoids, and all except one showed significant antioxidant activity. Additionally, four SS extracts partly rescued the viability in Aβ25–35-treated SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells, with the initial aqueous extract being the most potent and demonstrating similar activity in retinoic-acid-differentiated cells as well. These extracts were rich in neuroprotective substances, such as apigenin, myricetin-3-galactoside, and ellagic acid. Our findings indicate that specific SS mixtures can benefit the pharmaceutical industry to develop herbal drugs and functional food products that may alleviate AD.
- Subjects
ALZHEIMER'S disease; NEUROPROTECTIVE agents; PEPTIDES; BIOACTIVE compounds; ELLAGIC acid; PLANT phenols
- Publication
Plants (2223-7747), 2023, Vol 12, Issue 8, p1716
- ISSN
2223-7747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/plants12081716