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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2016

The Anticonvulsant Activity of a Flavonoid-Rich Extract from Orange Juice Involves both NMDA and GABA-Benzodiazepine Receptor Complexes.

Rita Citraro, Michele Navarra, Antonio Leo, Eugenio Donato Di Paola, Ermenegildo Santangelo, Pellegrino Lippiello, Rossana Aiello, Emilio Russo, Giovambattista De Sarro

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Effects of a Flavonoid-Rich Extract fromInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rita CitraroDepartment of Science of Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro I-88100, Italy. citraro@unicz.it.
Michele NavarraDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina I-98168, Italy. mnavarra@unime.it.
Antonio LeoDepartment of Science of Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro I-88100, Italy. aleo@unicz.it.
Eugenio Donato Di PaolaDepartment of Science of Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro I-88100, Italy. donatodipaola@unicz.it.
Ermenegildo SantangeloDepartment of Science of Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro I-88100, Italy. santangelo@unicz.it.
Pellegrino LippielloDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Naples I-80131, Italy. plippiello@gmail.com.
Rossana AielloDepartment of Science of Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro I-88100, Italy. aiellorossana@gmail.com.
Emilio RussoDepartment of Science of Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro I-88100, Italy. erusso@unicz.it.
Giovambattista De SarroDepartment of Science of Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro I-88100, Italy. desarro@unicz.it.
Magna Graecia University · ITUniversity of Messina · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The usage of dietary supplements and other natural products to treat neurological diseases has been growing over time, and accumulating evidence suggests that flavonoids possess anticonvulsant properties. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of a flavonoid-rich extract from orange juice (OJe) in some rodent models of epilepsy and to explore its possible mechanism of action. The genetically audiogenic seizures (AGS)-susceptible DBA/2 mouse, the pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced seizures in ICR-CD1 mice and the WAG/Rij rat as a genetic model of absence epilepsy with comorbidity of depression were used. Our results demonstrate that OJe was able to exert anticonvulsant effects on AGS-sensible DBA/2 mice and to inhibit PTZ-induced tonic seizures, increasing their latency. Conversely, it did not have anti-absence effects on WAG/Rij rats. Our experimental findings suggest that the anti-convulsant effects of OJe are likely mediated by both an inhibition of NMDA receptors at the glycine-binding site and an agonistic activity on benzodiazepine-binding site at GABA

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absence epilepsyaudiogenic seizuresCitrus sinensiscomplementary and alternative medicinesflavonoidsnatural productsorangeorange juicespike-wave discharges

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PMID27657037
PMCPMC6273133
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