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ArticleBMC complementary medicine and therapies2025

Tangeretin offers neuroprotection against colchicine-induced memory impairment in Wistar rats by modulating the antioxidant milieu, inflammatory mediators and oxidative stress in the brain tissue.

Olalekan Bukunmi Ogunro, Mojisola Esther Karigidi, Gideon Ampoma Gyebi, Areej Turkistani, Ahmad H Almehmadi

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Olalekan Bukunmi OgunroPharmacology, Drug Discovery and Toxicology Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, KolaDaisi University, Ibadan, 200213, Nigeria. olalekan.ogunro@koladaisiuniversity.edu.ng.
Mojisola Esther KarigidiPharmacology, Drug Discovery and Toxicology Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, KolaDaisi University, Ibadan, 200213, Nigeria.
Gideon Ampoma GyebiDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
Areej TurkistaniDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, 21944, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ahmad H AlmehmadiOral Biology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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backgroundTangeretin, a flavone compound (O-polymethoxylated) naturally present in tangerine and other citrus peels has demonstrated effectiveness as an anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective agent in several disease model. This study evaluated the impact of tangeretin in mitigating cognitive dysfunction and oxidative stress induced by colchicine in rats, comparing its efficacy with donepezil hydrochloride.

methodsCognitive dysfunction was induced by administering colchicine (15 µg/rat) intracerebroventricularly (ICV) via a stereotaxic apparatus in male Wistar rats. Colchicine resulted in poor memory retention in acquiring and retaining a spatial navigation task, passive avoidance apparatus, and Morris water maze paradigms. Chronic treatment with tangeretin (at doses of 50, 100, and 200 mg/kg, p.o. once daily) and donepezil hydrochloride (at a dose of 10 mg/kg, p.o. daily) for 28 days, starting seven days before colchicine injection, significantly ameliorated colchicine-induced cognitive impairment.

resultsThe biochemical analysis showed that chronic administration of tangeretin effectively reversed the colchicine-induced increase in the level/activity of lipid peroxidation, hydrogen peroxide (H

conclusionsThese findings suggest that chronic administration of tangeretin at 50, 100, and 200 mg/kg, p.o. once daily, was protective in mitigating colchicine-induced cognitive impairment and associated oxidative stress. At the same time, donepezil hydrochloride did not demonstrate similar effects.

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AntioxidantsBrainFlavonesMemory DisordersNeuroprotective AgentsOxidative StressAnimalsCognitive DysfunctionColchicineDonepezilInflammation MediatorsMaleRatsRats, WistarAntioxidantsColchicineDonepezilFlavonesInflammation MediatorsNeuroprotective AgentstangeretinAlzheimer’s diseaseCognition disorderDementiasNeurodegenerative diseasesNeurotransmitterOxidative stress

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