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01-02-2018 | Original Article

Asiatic acid prevents the quinolinic acid-induced oxidative stress and cognitive impairment

Authors: Chitra Loganathan, Palvannan Thayumanavan

Published in: Metabolic Brain Disease | Issue 1/2018

Abstract

Increased accumulation of endogenous neurotoxin quinolinic acid has been found in various neurodegenerative diseases. Oxidative stress caused by quinolinic acid is considered as imperative factor for its toxicity. Asiatic acid, a natural triterpene is widely studied for its various medicinal values. In the present study the effects of asiatic acid in preventing the cognitive impairment and oxidative stress caused by quinolinic acid was investigated. Male Spraque-Dawley rats were orally administered asiatic acid (30 mg/kg/day) for 28 days, while quinolinic acid toxicity-induced animals received quinolinic acid (1.5 mmol/kg/day) from day 15 to day 28 for 14 days. Asiatic acid administration prevented the loss of spatial memory caused due to quinolinic acid-induced toxicity as determined using the novel object location test. In addition, asiatic acid administration alleviated the deleterious effect of quinolinic acid in brain such as increased oxidative stress, decreased antioxidant status and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation dysfunction. These data demonstrate that asiatic acid through its potent antioxidant and cognition enhancement property prevented the neuronal impairments caused by quinolinic acid.

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Title: Asiatic acid prevents the quinolinic acid-induced oxidative stress and cognitive impairment
Authors: Chitra Loganathan
Palvannan Thayumanavan
Publication date: 01-02-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Metabolic Brain Disease / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0885-7490
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7365
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11011-017-0143-9

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