Curcuma comosa improves learning and memory function on ovariectomized rats in a long-term Morris water maze test
OVX rats displayed significant memory impairment for locating the platform in the water maze from day 67 after the surgery. Curcuma comosa hexane extract, containing 0.165 mg of (4 E,6 E)-1,7-diphenylhepta-4,6-dien-3-one per mg of the crude extract, was administered to the OVX rats at the doses of 2...
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Published in | Journal of ethnopharmacology Vol. 130; no. 1; pp. 70 - 75 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Shannon
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
06.07.2010
Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier Elsevier |
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Summary: | OVX rats displayed significant memory impairment for locating the platform in the water maze from day 67 after the surgery.
Curcuma comosa hexane extract, containing 0.165
mg of (4
E,6
E)-1,7-diphenylhepta-4,6-dien-3-one per mg of the crude extract, was administered to the OVX rats at the doses of 250 and 500
mg/kg body weight. The administration significantly protected the decline in cognitive function of OVX rats. The effects were similar to the estrogen did.
Curcuma comosa extract and some purified compounds from this plant have been reported to have estrogenic-like effects, and estrogen improves learning in some animals and potentially in postmenopausal women; therefore, this study tested the hypothesis that
Curcuma comosa and estrogen have similar beneficial effects on spatial learning and memory.
Curcuma comosa hexane extract, containing 0.165
mg of (4
E,6
E)-1,7-diphenylhepta-4,6-dien-3-one per mg of the crude extract, was orally administered to ovariectomized Wistar rats at the doses of 250 or 500
mg/kg body weight. 17β-estradiol (10
μg/kg body weight, subcutaneously) was used as a positive control. Thirty days after the initiation of treatment, animals were tested in a Morris water maze for spatial learning and memory. They were re-tested every 30 days and a final probe trial was run on day 119.
Compared to control rats, OVX rats displayed significant memory impairment for locating the platform in the water maze from day 67 after the surgery, onward. In contrast, OVX rats treated with either
Curcuma comosa or estrogen were significantly protected from this decline in cognitive function. Further, the protection of cognitive effects by
Curcuma comosa was larger at higher dose.
These results suggest that long-term treatment with
Curcuma comosa has beneficial effects on learning and memory function in rats. |
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Bibliography: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2010.04.012 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-2 ObjectType-Feature-1 |
ISSN: | 0378-8741 1872-7573 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jep.2010.04.012 |