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ArticleMetabolic brain disease2019

Neuro-pharmacological evaluation of anticonvulsant and neuroprotective activity of Cocculus laurifolius leaves in wistar rats.

Sidra Maqbool, Ishrat Younus, Rafia Sadaf, Anab Fatima

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Article in Metabolic brain disease, 2019. 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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Sidra MaqboolDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
Ishrat YounusDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. ishratyounas@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7032-6677
Rafia SadafDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
Anab FatimaDepartment of Pharmacy, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Hamdard University · PKDow University of Health Sciences · PK

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Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate the anticonvulsant and neuroprotective activity of Cocculus laurifolius D.C leaves in albino wistar rats against strychnine induced convulsions. Initially the extract was investigated for acute oral toxicity testing in order to examine any signs of toxicity and mortality. For anticonvulsant activity, the ethanolic extract was evaluated at doses 200 and 400 mg/kg, p.o. against strychnine induced convulsions model, at 1, 7, 15 and 30th day of treatment. Meanwhile, the neuroprotective effect of the extract was investigated via histopathological assessment. Cocculus laurifolius (200 and 400 mg/kg, p.o.) exhibited anticonvulsant activity as indicated by significant delay in the onset of convulsions and time to death after strychnine induced convulsions. Similarly, significant reduction in the duration of convulsions and percentage of mortality was observed by ethanolic extract (200 and 400 mg/kg p.o.) at 1, 7, 15 and 30th day of test sessions. Furthermore, Cocculus laurifolius leaves (200 and 400 mg/kg p.o.) also exhibited neuroprotective effect with considerable preserved neuronal structures and significant decrease in neuronal apoptosis, in comparison with control. The results obtained from the present study indicate that ethanolic extract of Cocculus laurifolius leaves possess potential anticonvulsant and neuroprotective effect against strychnine induced convulsions. Therefore, it can be concluded that Cocculus laurifolius leaves may be a valuable in management of epilepsy, however further studies are required on large number of animals to confirm these findings.

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CocculusPlant LeavesAnimalsAnticonvulsantsApoptosisBrainDisease Models, AnimalFemaleMaleNeuronsNeuroprotective AgentsPlant ExtractsRatsRats, WistarSeizuresStrychnineAnticonvulsantsNeuroprotective AgentsPlant ExtractsStrychnineAnticonvulsantCocculus laurifoliusNeuroprotective

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