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ArticlePharmaceutical biology2023

Veronica Amoah, Paul Atawuchugi, Yakubu Jibira, Augustine Tandoh, Paul Poku Sampene Ossei, George Sam, George Ainooson

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Article in Pharmaceutical biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Veronica AmoahDepartment of Pharmacology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-4902-3495
Paul AtawuchugiDepartment of Pharmacology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-3228-4741
Yakubu JibiraDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0001-7637-0559
Augustine TandohDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0001-8093-1486
Paul Poku Sampene OsseiDepartment of Pathology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0001-8810-2017
George SamDepartment of Herbal Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-1982-095X
George AinoosonDepartment of Pharmacology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-1231-785X
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · GHUniversity for Development Studies · GHUniversity of Health and Allied Sciences · GH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

context

objectiveThis study investigated the effect of prophylactic treatment with hydroethanolic leaf extract of MATERIALS AND

methodsZebrafish (AB strain) and mice (ICR) were given donepezil (0.65 mg/kg, oral) and LCE (10, 30, 100 mg/kg, oral) for 7, and 10 days, respectively, before induction of cognitive impairment with scopolamine immersion (200 µM) and intraperitoneal injection (2 mg/kg), respectively. Spatial short-term memory was assessed in zebrafish using both Y- and T-mazes, whereas Y-maze was used in mice. Mice hippocampal and cortical tissues were analyzed for mRNA expression of proinflammatory genes (IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, COX-2) using qRT-PCR.

resultsIn the zebrafish Y-maze, LCE (10 and 100 mg/kg) increased time spent in the novel arm by 55.89 ± 5.70%, and 68.21 ± 2.75%, respectively, but not at 30 mg/kg. In the zebrafish T-maze, there was an increase in time spent in the food-containing arm at 30 (44.23 ± 2.13) and 100 mg/kg (52.30 ± 1.94). In the mouse Y-maze, spontaneous alternation increased by 52.89 ± 4.98% at only 10 mg/kg. LCE (10, 30, 100 mg/kg) inhibited proinflammatory gene (IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, COX-2) mRNA expression, with the highest inhibitory effect on IL-6 in both the hippocampus (83.27 ± 2.49%; 100 mg/kg) and the cortex (98.74 ± 0.11%; 10 mg/kg). DISCUSSION AND

conclusionLCE ameliorated scopolamine-induced AD in both zebrafish and mice.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCognitive DysfunctionLantanaAnimalsCyclooxygenase 2HippocampusInterleukin-6Maze LearningMemory DisordersMiceMice, Inbred ICRNeuroinflammatory DiseasesPlant ExtractsRNA, MessengerScopolamineTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCyclooxygenase 2Interleukin-6Plant ExtractsRNA, MessengerScopolamineTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAlzheimer’s diseasecytokinesqRT-PCRT-mazeY-maze

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PMID37212299
PMCPMC10208155
OpenAlexW4377221476

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