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This study investigated the possible antioxidant and neuroprotective effects of alcesefoliside, isolated from Astragalus monspessulanus L., Fabaceae, against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced brain injury in Wistar rats. Iron sulphate/ascorbic acid lipid peroxidation was induced in rat brain microsomes and pre-incubated with alcesefoliside and silybin. Male rats were treated in vivo with alcesefoliside and with silymarin alone; animals challenged with CCl4; and pre-treated with alcesefoliside or silymarin in respective doses for 7 days, challenged with CCl4, followed by curative treatment (additional 14 days). The activity of acetylcholine esterase and the antioxidant enzymes: superoxide-dismutase, catalase, glutathione-peroxidase, glutathione reductase and glutathione-S-transferase as well as the biomarkers of oxidative stress malondialdehyde and reduced glutathione were measured. The alcesefoliside pre-treatment and consecutive curative treatment normalizes the activity of the antioxidant enzymes as well as levels of malondialdehyde and reduced glutathione. The observed effects on tissue level correlate with the histopathological observations of the brain. They were comparable to the effects of silymarin, used as a positive control. The results showed that alcesefoliside has a neuroprotective effect against CCl4-induced brain toxicity in rats.
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IK collected the plant material and designed the study. AS carried out the extraction and purification of AF. RS and VV performed the in vivo experiment and wrote the first draft. MKB performed in vitro experiment. GP and VM performed histological examination of the tissues. All authors contributed to the critical revision of the manuscript.
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Simeonova, R., Vitcheva, V., Kondeva-Burdina, M. et al. Alcesefoliside protects against oxidative brain injury in rats. Rev. Bras. Farmacogn. 29, 221–227 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2018.10.002
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