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ArticleBiomedicines2023

Effect of Curcumin and Coenzyme Q10 Alone and in Combination on Learning and Memory in an Animal Model of Alzheimer's Disease.

Pramod Kumar, Aarti Singh, Anurag Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Rishi Pal, Amod Kumar Sachan, Rakesh Kumar Dixit, Rajendra Nath

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Article in Biomedicines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pramod KumarDepartment of Pharmacology &Therapeutics King George's Medical University, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Aarti SinghDepartment of Pharmacology &Therapeutics King George's Medical University, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.ORCID 0000-0002-5395-2318
Anurag KumarDepartment of Pharmacology &Therapeutics King George's Medical University, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Rahul KumarDepartment of Pharmacology &Therapeutics King George's Medical University, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Rishi PalDepartment of Pharmacology &Therapeutics King George's Medical University, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9813-6990
Amod Kumar SachanDepartment of Pharmacology &Therapeutics King George's Medical University, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Rakesh Kumar DixitDepartment of Pharmacology &Therapeutics King George's Medical University, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Rajendra NathDepartment of Pharmacology, King George Medical University, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3818-6720
King George's Medical University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The most frequent neurodegenerative illness among senior people and the main cause of dementia is Alzheimer's disease. The present dementia medications available only help with the symptoms of cognitive deficits and have several negative effects. The current study's goal is to assess the effects of curcumin and coenzyme Q10, two herbal medicines, both separately and in combination, on learning and memory before comparing them to the industry standard drug. A total of 42 adult healthy Wistar rats were used in our study. In this experiment, rats were given daily doses of 2.5 mg/kg of body weight of scopolamine hydrobromide for 7 days to induce Alzheimer's disease. On the eighth day, behavioural testing was conducted. Following testing, scopolamine and the test medications were given daily for the following 21 days. On days 29 and 30, behavioural testing was conducted once more, and then animals were slaughtered. Brain homogenate was produced for the estimation of molecular and biochemical markers. Curcumin has demonstrated a dose-response relationship, with a higher dose (200 mg/kg b.w. p.o.) being more effective than a lower dose (100 mg/kg b.w. p.o.). Similar to the greater dose of curcumin, coenzyme Q10 (200 mg/kg b.w. p.o.) has also been found to improve memory and learning. Higher doses of curcumin and coenzyme Q10 had more pronounced and meaningful effects. Acetylcholinesterase and TNF levels increased in scopolamine-induced memory impairment, but these effects were restored by the test medications, and improved by the combined therapy. These outcomes are comparable to those of the common medication memantine. As a result, we may infer from our results that curcumin at higher doses and its combination with coenzyme Q10 (200 mg/kg b.w. p.o.) have a significant impact on cognitive impairment in animal models of Alzheimer's disease and can be utilised alone or as an add-on therapy for the condition.

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Alzheimer’s diseasecoenzyme Q10 dementiacognitioncurcuminhyperphosphorylated tauneurodegenerative disordersneuroprotectantoxidative phosphorylation

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PMID37239093
PMCPMC10216191
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