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ArticleSaudi journal of biological sciences2023

Sterubin protects against chemically-induced Alzheimer's disease by reducing biomarkers of inflammation- IL-6/ IL-β/ TNF-α and oxidative stress- SOD/MDA in rats.

Imran Kazmi, Fahad A Al-Abbasi, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Shahid Nadeem, Hisham N Altayb

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Article in Saudi journal of biological sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Imran KazmiDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Fahad A Al-AbbasiDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad AfzalDepartment of Pharmacology, Himalayan Institute of Pharmacy and Research, Rajawala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Muhammad Shahid NadeemDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Hisham N AltaybDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz University · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sterubin, a flavanone is an active chemical compound that possesses neuroprotective activity. The current investigation was intended to assess the sterubin effect in scopolamine-activated Alzheimer's disease. The rats were induced with scopolamine (1.5 mg/kg) followed by treatment with sterubin (10 mg/kg) for 14 days. Behavioural analysis was predictable by the Y-maze test and Morris water test. Biochemical variables like nitric oxide acetylcholinesterase, Choline acetyltransferase, antioxidant markers like superoxide dismutase, glutathione transferase, malondialdehyde, catalase, and myeloperoxidase activity, neuroinflammatory markers such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha, nuclear factor kappa B, interferon-gamma, interleukin (IL-1β), and IL-6 were measured. The result stated that sterubin reversed the oxidative stress parameters, increased motor performance, and lowered the inflammatory markers in scopolamine-induced rats. The study demonstrated that sterubin possesses neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties which can be used as a beneficial medication in AD.

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acetylcholinesterase, AChAcetylcholinesterase, AChEAlzheimer’s diseaseAlzheimer’s disease, ADCatalase, CATCholine acetyltransferase, ChATinterferon, IFNinterleukin, ILMorris water maze, MWMMyeloperoxidase, MPONeuroinflammatory markersNeuroprotectiveOxidative stressreactive oxygen species, ROSReduced glutathione, GSHScopolamineScopolamine, SCOPSterubintumor necrosis factor, TNF

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PMID36712184
PMCPMC9876951
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