ArticleMetabolic brain disease2020
Neuroprotective effect of Crocus sativus against cerebral ischemia in rats.
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- Targeting inflammation and oxidative stress for protection against ischemic brain injury in rats using cupressuflavone.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2024Article
- Amentoflavone attenuates oxidative stress and neuroinflammation induced by cerebral ischemia/reperfusion in rats by targeting HMGB1-mediated TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023Article
- Anti-apoptosis effect of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2023Review
- Neuroprotective Strategies for Stroke by Natural Products: Advances and Perspectives.Current neuropharmacology · 2023Review
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- Protective Effect ofAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Crocins for Ischemic Stroke: A Review of Current Evidence.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Review
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- A Review of Plant Extracts and Plant-Derived Natural Compounds in the Prevention/Treatment of Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Therapeutic Potential of Saffron (Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Review
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Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the neuroprotective effect of Crocus sativus (saffron) against cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury (I/R) in rats. Four groups of a total forty I/R rats with 60-min occlusion followed by 48 h reperfusion or sham surgery were used. The sham and left-brain I/R control groups where treated with normal saline. The rats of the other two groups received saffron extract (100 or 200 mg/kg, ip, respectively) for 3 successive weeks prior to left-brain I/R. Other four doses of saffron extract were received by the rats of the last 2 groups 60 min prior to operation, during the surgery, and on days 1 and 2 following reperfusion. I/R group showed marked neurobehavioral, neurochemical and histopathological alterations. The results revealed a significant reduction in neurological deficit scores in the saffron-treated rats at both doses. Saffron significantly attenuated lipid peroxidation, decreased NO and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) contents in I/R-brain tissue. On the other hand, saffron reversed the depletion of GSH in the injured brain. Moreover, saffron treatment evidently reduced apoptosis as revealed by a decrease in caspase-3 and Bax protein expression with a marked decrease in the apoptotic neuronal cells compared to I/R group. In addition, saffron administration effectively upregulated the expression of VEGF in I/R-brain tissue. In conclusion, saffron treatment offers significant neuroprotection against I/R damage possibly through diminishing oxidative stress and apoptosis and enhancement of VEGF.
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