Functional Drink Containing the Extracts of Purple Corn Cob and Pandan Leaves, the Novel Cognitive Enhancer, Increases Spatial Memory and Hippocampal Neuron Density Through the Improvement of Extracellular Signal Regulated Protein Kinase Expression, Cholinergic Function, and Oxidative Status in Ovariectomized Rats

Rejuvenation Research
Jintanaporn WattanathornKamol Lertrat

Abstract

Due to requirement of novel memory enhancer for menopausal women, this study aimed to determine safety and effect of the functional drink containing the extracts of purple corn cob and pandan leaves (PCP) on memory and brain changes in experimental menopause induced by bilateral ovariectomy (OVX). Acute toxicity of PCP was carried out in female Wistar rats. The results showed that LD50 was more than 2000 mg/kg BW. To determine the cognitive enhancing effect of PCP, OVX rats were orally treated with PCP at the doses of 20, 40, and 80 mg/kg BW for 28 days. The spatial memory was assessed every 7 days throughout the study period. At the end of the study, oxidative stress status, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity, monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity, neuronal density, and extracellular signal regulated protein kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) signaling in hippocampus were measured. The improved spatial memory, ERK1/2 expression, and neuron density in dentate gyrus of hippocampus were observed in PCP-treated rats. In addition, a reduction of AChE activity was also observed. Unfortunately, no improved oxidative stress status was observed. Taken altogether, PCP exerts the memory-enhancing effect partly through the suppression of AChE and the i...Continue Reading

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