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ArticlePharmaceutical biology2017

A standardized Hippophae extract (SBL-1) counters neuronal tissue injuries and changes in neurotransmitters: implications in radiation protection.

Madhu Bala, Vanita Gupta, Jagdish Prasad

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Article in Pharmaceutical biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Madhu Balaa Division of Radiation Biology , Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences , Brig. S K Mazumdar Marg , Delhi , INDIA.
Vanita Guptaa Division of Radiation Biology , Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences , Brig. S K Mazumdar Marg , Delhi , INDIA.
Jagdish Prasada Division of Radiation Biology , Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences , Brig. S K Mazumdar Marg , Delhi , INDIA.
Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextEffects of a radioprotective, standardized leaf extract (code SBL-1) from traditional medicinal plant, sea buckthorn [Hippophae rhamnoides L. (Elaeagnaceae)], on neurotransmitters and brain injuries in rats showing radiation-induced conditioned taste aversion (CTA), are not known. Understanding CTA in rats is important because its process is considered parallel to nausea and vomiting in humans.

objectiveThis study investigated the levels of neurotransmitters, antioxidant defences and histological changes in rats showing radiation CTA, and their modification by SBL-1. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe inbred male Sprague-Dawley rats (age 65 days, weighing 190 ± 10 g) were used. Saccharin-preferring rats were selected using standard procedure and divided into groups. Group I (untreated control) was administered sterile water, group II was

resultsIrradiation (2 Gy) caused (i) non-recoverable CTA (≥ 64.7 ± 5.0%); (ii) degenerative changes in cerebral cortex, amygdala and hippocampus; (iii) increases in brain dopamine (DA, 63.4%), norepinephrine (NE, 157%), epinephrine (E, 233%), plasma NE (103%) and E (160%); and (iv) decreases in brain superoxide dismutase (67%), catalase (60%) and glutathione (51%). SBL-1 treatment (12 mg/kg body weight) 30 min before irradiation (i) countered brain injuries, (ii) reduced CTA (38.7 ± 3.0%, day 1) and (iii) normalized brain DA, NE, E, superoxide dismutase, catalase and CTA from day 3 onwards. DISCUSSION AND

conclusionRadiation CTA was coupled with brain injuries, disturbances in neurotransmitters and antioxidant defences. SBL-1 pretreatment countered these disturbances, indicating neuroprotective action.

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Dietary SupplementsAmygdalaAnimalsAntioxidantsBehavior, AnimalBrain ChemistryCerebral CortexCobalt RadioisotopesConditioning, ClassicalHippocampusHippophaeMaleNeuronsNeuroprotective AgentsOxidative StressPlant ExtractsAntioxidantsCobalt RadioisotopesNeuroprotective AgentsPlant ExtractsRadiation-Protective Agents60Co-γ-irradiationBrainconditioned taste aversionoxidative stressplasmasea buckthorn leaves

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