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JOURNAL OF FOOD AND DRUG ANALYSIS
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 172-181Publisher
FOOD & DRUG ADMINSTRATION
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfda.2017.01.007
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; antioxidant effect; flavonoids; Nelumbo nucifera
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- Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Taiwan [DOH93-TD-113-025]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly. beta-Amyloid (A beta) has been proposed to play a role in the pathogenesis of AD. Deposits of insoluble A beta are found in the brains of patients with AD and are one of the pathological hallmarks of the disease, but the underlying signaling pathways are poorly understood. In order to develop antidementia agents with potential therapeutic value, we examined the inhibitory effect of the Nelumbo nucifera seed embryo extracts on to the aggregated amyloid beta peptide (agg A beta(1-40))-induced damage of differentiated PC-12 cells (dPC-12), a well-known cell model for AD. In the present study, seed embryos of N. nucifera were extracted with 70% methanol in water and then separated into hexane, ethyl acetate, n-butanol, and water layers. Among them, only the n-butanol layer showed strong activity and was therefore subjected to separation on Sephadex LH-20 chromatography. Two fractions showing potent activity were found to significantly inhibit A beta(1-40) toxicity on dPC-12 cells in increasing order of concentration (10-50 mu g/mL). Further purification and characterization of these active fractions identified them to be flavonoids such as rutin, orientin, isoorientin, isoquercetrin, and hyperoside. 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl hydrate scavenging activity of the extracts was also carried out to ascertain the possible mechanism of the activity. Copyright (C) 2017, Food and Drug Administration, Taiwan. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC.
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