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Balanites aegyptiaca dates hydroethanolic extract shows anti-neurodegenerative effect in diabetes-mediated neurodegenerative disorders in rats.

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Type-3 diabetes has been suggested for Alzheimer's disease because of its similarities in molecular and cellular characteristics to type-1 and type-2 diabetes, insulin resistance related to memory impairment, and cognitive defects in elderly people. This study aimed to evaluate the potential application of Balanites aegyptiaca date hydroethanolic extract in treating diabetes-mediated neurodegenerative disorders in rats. Neurodegenerative disorders in diabetic male albino Wister rats were studied using a streptozotocin (STZ, 65 mg/kg body wt.) model. Rats orally received Balanites at 2250 mg/kg body wt. as ¼ LD50 for three months. Four groups were randomly organized: negative control, STZ control, extract control, and treated group. Results showed that the blood glucose level was reduced from 354.24±4.52 mg/dL (STZ group) to 115±4.92 mg/dL (treated group), which indicated that Balanites exhibited an anti-diabetic effect. Concomitantly, insulin significantly elevated (53.00% and 392.50%) compared with the STZ group (P≤ 0.001) after 45 and 90 days, respectively, with hypolipidemic action. Compared with the STZ group (P≤ 0.001), Balanites exerted a neurodegenerative repairing effect, as it significantly inhibited acetylcholinesterase (36.84% and 52.85%) based on acetylcholine content augmentation (28.40% and 53.14%) at the two follow-ups. In addition, Balanites ameliorated apoptosis, inflammation, oxidative stress, and neurotrophic factor in the brain. Brain sections showed no amyloid-beta plaque and neurofibrillary tangles that were recorded for the STZ group. Finally, Balanites addressed diabetes-induced neurodegenerative disorders in rats because of its orchestral approach mechanisms on acetylcholinesterase, amyloid-beta, neurofibrillary tangles, apoptosis, neuroinflammation, and oxidative stress. Therefore, this study could be considered for clinical trials.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2023.231893.8501

Keywords

Diabetes-induced neurodegenerative disorders, Acetylcholine esterase, Amyloid-beta, neurofibrillary tangles, Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDFN), Bcl-2

Authors

First Name

Abeer

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Y

Affiliation

Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Email

abeeryibrahim@gmail.com

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First Name

Nermeen

Last Name

Shaffie

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

National Research Centre

Email

nermshaf@hotmail.com

City

Giza

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First Name

Samah

Last Name

El-Newary

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Department, National Research Centre

Email

samahelnewary@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-3141-3620

Volume

67

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

45406

Issue Date

2024-04-01

Receive Date

2023-08-26

Publish Date

2024-04-01

Page Start

559

Page End

576

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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320,978

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Balanites aegyptiaca dates hydroethanolic extract shows anti-neurodegenerative effect in diabetes-mediated neurodegenerative disorders in rats.

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30 Dec 2024