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Garcinia kola aqueous suspension prevents cerebellar neurodegeneration in long-term diabetic rat – a type 1 diabetes mellitus model        
Yazarlar
Mohammed Farahna
Paul F. Seke Etet
Sayed Y. Osman
Doç. Dr. Kıymet Kübra TÜFEKCİ Doç. Dr. Kıymet Kübra TÜFEKCİ
Türkiye
Naheed Aamir
Lorella Vecchio
Işınsu Alkan
Türkiye
Yousef H. Aldebasi
Azimullah Sheikh
John C. Chijuka
Süleyman Kaplan
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
A Adem
Özet
Ethnopharmacological relevance The development of compounds able to improve metabolic syndrome and mitigate complications caused by inappropriate glycemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus is challenging. The medicinal plant with established hypoglycemic properties Garcinia kola Heckel might have the potential to mitigate diabetes mellitus metabolic syndrome and complications. Aim of the study We have investigated the neuroprotective properties of a suspension of G. kola seeds in long-term type 1 diabetes mellitus rat model. Materials and methods Wistar rats, made diabetic by single injection of streptozotocin were monitored for 8 months. Then, they were administered with distilled water or G. kola oral aqueous suspension daily for 30 days. Body weight and glycemia were determined before and after treatment. After sacrifice, cerebella were dissected out and processed for stereological quantification of Purkinje cells. Histopathological and immunohistochemical analyses of markers of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration were performed. Results Purkinje cell counts were significantly increased, and histopathological signs of apoptosis and neuroinflammation decreased, in diabetic animals treated with G. kola compared to diabetic rats given distilled water. Glycemia was also markedly improved and body weight restored to non-diabetic control values, following G. kola treatment. Conclusions These results suggest that G. kola treatment improved the general condition of long-term diabetic rats and protected Purkinje cells partly by improving the systemic glycemia and mitigating neuroinflammation.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Ataxia | Garcinia kola | Medicinal plant | Neuroprotection | Purkinje cell | Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Dergi ISSN 0378-8741
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q1
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2017
Cilt No 195
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 159 / 165
Doi Numarası 10.1016/j.jep.2016.11.001
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.11.001