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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2025

Polydatin attenuates Alzheimer's disease induced by aluminum chloride in rats: evidence for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.

Seyede Nazanin Zarneshan, Sajad Fakhri, Amir Kiani, Fatemeh Abbaszadeh, Seyede Zahra Hosseini, Ehsan Mohammadi-Noori, Javier Echeverría

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Seyede Nazanin ZarneshanStudent Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Sajad FakhriPharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Amir KianiPharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Fatemeh AbbaszadehNeurobiology Research Center, Institute of Neuroscience and Cognition, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyede Zahra HosseiniStudent Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Ehsan Mohammadi-NooriPharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Javier EcheverríaDepartamento de Ciencias del Ambiente, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

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Abstract

Background: Considering the complex pathophysiological mechanisms behind Alzheimer's disease (AD), a few drugs for managing related cognitive symptoms have been approved. The phytochemical resveratrol has shown promising anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects in AD, but it has low bioavailability. Chemical modification of resveratrol to its glycosylated form, polydatin (PD), significantly increases its bioavailability and bioactivity. Purpose: The study aimed to investigate the therapeutic potential and mechanisms of action of PD against AD in rats. Material and method: AD was caused by an intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of aluminum chloride (AlCl Results and discussion: The findings revealed that PD injections at three different doses (5, 10, and 20 mg/kg) improved cognitive and other behavioral impairments. Furthermore, PD improved the antioxidant capacity by increasing GSH and CAT while decreasing serum nitrite levels. PD showed anti-inflammatory effects by reducing the activity of inflammatory MMP-9, while elevating the activity of anti-inflammatory MMP-2. PD also modulated pathogenic changes in the hippocampal brain tissue. Conclusion: PD alleviated cognitive and other behavioral impairments in AD rats by enhancing antioxidant defenses and reducing neuroinflammation.

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aluminum chlorideAlzheimer’s diseasecatalaseglutathioneinflammationmatrix metalloproteinaseoxidative stresspolydatin

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