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Bacopa monniera extract reduces amyloid levels in PSAPP mice

Holcomb, Leigh A., Dhanasekaran, Muralikrishnan, Hitt, Angie R., Young, Keith A., Riggs, Mark, Manyam, Bala V.·2006·Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Abstract

PSAPP mice expressing the "Swedish" amyloid precursor protein and M146L presenilin-1 mutations are a well-characterized model for spontaneous amyloid plaque formation. Bacopa monniera has a long history of use in India as an anti-aging and memory-enhancing ethnobotanical therapy. To evaluate the effect of Bacopa monniera extract (BME) on amyloid (Abeta) pathology in PSAPP mice, two doses of BME (40 or 160 mg/kg/day) were administered starting at 2 months of age for either 2 or 8 months. Our present data suggests that BME lowers Abeta 1-40 and 1-42 levels in cortex by as much as 60%, and reverses Y-maze performance and open field hyperlocomotion behavioral changes present in PSAPP mice. The areas encompassed by Congo Red-positive fibrillar amyloid deposits, however, were not altered by BME treatment. The data suggest that BME has potential application in Alzheimer's disease therapeutics.

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  • Various CNS active Indian herbal medicines such as Withania somnifera, Centella asiatica, Celastrus paniculatus and Bacopa monnieri have shown cognitive improvement in experimental models of Alzheimer's disease when given as prophylactic treatment.

    “Various CNS active Indian herbal medicines like Withania somnifera, Centella asiatica, Celastrus paniculatus and Bacopa monnieri have shown cognitive improvement in experimental models of AD when given as prophylactic treatment [43,44,45,46,47,48].”
  • Ethanolic extract of Bacopa leaves at doses of 40 and 160 mg/kg for 2 and 8 months reduced Aβ 1-40 and 1-42 levels in the cortex of PSAPP mice.

    “Holcomb et al. [43] reported that administration of ethanolic extract of Bacopa leaves at doses of 40 and 160 mg/kg for 2 and 8 months reduced Aβ 1–40 and 1–42 levels in the cortex of PSAPP mice.”

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Authors
Holcomb, L. A., Dhanasekaran, M., Hitt, A. R., Young, K. A., Riggs, M., & Manyam, B. V.
Affiliations
Texas A&M University System (US)
Venue
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Published
2006-07-24
Volume
9
Issue
3
Pages
243-251
ISSN
  • 1387-2877 (ISSN-L)
  • 1875-8908
OpenAlex
W2403935232
Cited by
156
References
37
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FWCI
2.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications
Keywords
Bacopa monnieri, amyloid-beta
MeSH terms
Amyloid, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Body Weight, Brain Chemistry, Cognition, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Humans, Mice, Transgenic, Motor Activity, Neurofibrils, Plant Extracts, Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, Maze Learning, Bacopa, Mice, Presenilin-1

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