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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2016

Effects of grape seed proanthocyanidin on Alzheimer's disease

Qingwang Lian, Yongsheng Nie, Xiaoyou Zhang, Bo Tan, Hongying Cao, Wenling Chen, Weiming Gao, Jiayi Chen, Zhijian Liang, Huangling Lai and 4 more

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qingwang LianDepartment of Pharmacology Teaching and Research, College of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P.R. China.
Yongsheng NieDepartment of Pharmacology Teaching and Research, College of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P.R. China.
Xiaoyou ZhangBannerBioNutraceuticals Inc., Shenzhen, Guangdong 518057, P.R. China.
Bo TanDepartment of Pharmacology Teaching and Research, College of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P.R. China.
Hongying CaoDepartment of Pharmacology Teaching and Research, College of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P.R. China.
Wenling ChenBannerBioNutraceuticals Inc., Shenzhen, Guangdong 518057, P.R. China.
Weiming GaoBannerBioNutraceuticals Inc., Shenzhen, Guangdong 518057, P.R. China.
Jiayi ChenDepartment of Pharmacology Teaching and Research, College of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P.R. China.
Zhijian LiangDepartment of Pharmacology Teaching and Research, College of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P.R. China.
Huangling LaiDepartment of Pharmacology Teaching and Research, College of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P.R. China.
Siming HuangDepartment of Pharmacology Teaching and Research, College of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P.R. China.
Yifei XuDepartment of Pharmacology Teaching and Research, College of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P.R. China.
Weiwen JiangDepartment of Pharmacology Teaching and Research, College of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P.R. China.
Ping HuangDepartment of Pharmacology Teaching and Research, College of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P.R. China.
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Grape seed proanthocyanidin (GSPA) consists of catechin, epicatechin and epicatechin gallate, which are strong antioxidants that are beneficial to health and may attenuate or prevent Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the present study, the effects of GSPA on pheochromocytoma (PC12) cell viability were determined using cell counting kit-8 and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assays, whereas apoptosis and mitochondrial membrane potential (Ψm) were measured via flow cytometry analysis. The effect of GSPA administration on the behavior and memory of amyloid precursor protein (APP)/presenilin-1 (PS-1) double transgenic mice was assessed using a Morris water maze. APP Aβ peptides and tau hyperphosphorylation were examined by western blotting; whereas the expression levels of PS-1 were evaluated by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and compared with pathological sections stained with hematoxylin-eosin and Congo red. Data from the

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Alzheimer's diseaseAβ precursor proteingrape seed proanthocyanidinoxidative stresspresenilin-1tau protein

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