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Potential of Alternanthera philoxeroides on Improvement of Anxiety-Like Behavior Induced By Ovariectomized Mice Model

Charinya Khamphukdee1, Yaowared Chulikhit2★, Supawadee Daodee2, Orawan Monthakantirat2★★ Corresponding author

  1. 1Graduate School, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, THAILAND.
  2. 2Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, THAILAND.

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Yaowared Chulikhit

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, THAILAND.

oramon@kku.ac.th

Volume 51, Issue 3S2 · pp. s494–s497 · PUBLISHED 2017 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.51.3s.73

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Background: Ovariectomy (OVX) causes estrogen deprivation and oxidative stress leads to the hippocampus cell death and affected on mood disorders such as anxiety. Alternanthera philoxeroides was folk used for blood tonic and neuroprotective. Objectives: The action of A. philoxeroides extract (AP) on anti-anxiety in OVX mice model was evaluated and chromatographic fingerprint of AP was analyzed. Methods: Mice were ovariectomized to induce estrogen deprivation which involved anxiety. AP (250 and 500 mg/kg/day) and 17β-estradiol (E2, 1μg/kg/day) was treated. Six weeks after treatment, anxiety-like behavior was evaluated by the elevated plus maze test (EPM) and light/ dark exploration test (LD). Additionally, fingerprint of AP was characterised by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) technique. Results: E2 and AP 250 and AP 500 significantly diminished the anxiety behavior. Rutin, quercetin and kaempferol were detected in this plant. Conclusion: AP can manifest anti-anxiety in mice via estrogenic activity and it may action by rutin, quercetin and kaempferol.

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    Khamphukdee, C., Chulikhit, Y., Daodee, S., & Monthakantirat, O. (2017). Potential of Alternanthera philoxeroides on Improvement of Anxiety-Like Behavior Induced By Ovariectomized Mice Model. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 51(3S2), s494–s497. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijper.51.3s.73