Nardostachys jatamansi Protects Against Cold Restraint Stress Induced Central Monoaminergic and Oxidative Changes in Rat
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Nardostachys jatamansi Protects Against Cold Restraint Stress Induced Central Monoaminergic and Oxidative Changes in Rats Nazmun Lyle • Shrabana Chakrabarti • Tapas Sur • Antony Gomes • Dipankar Bhattacharyya
Received: 19 June 2012 / Revised: 28 July 2012 / Accepted: 1 August 2012 / Published online: 19 August 2012 Ó Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Abstract Cold restraint stress (CRS) model exerts similar effect as physiological stress because it combines emotional stress (escape reaction) and physical stress (muscle work). It is well established that various responses to stress are regulated by sympathoadrenal system, brain monoaminergic systems and oxidative processes. Nardostachys jatamansi (NJE) is known to possess soothing and sedative action on the central nervous system. The present investigation was performed to explore the anti-stress activity of NJE on CRS model, through its effect on biochemical and neurochemical alterations. The rats were restrained in metallic chambers for 3 h at 4 °C was followed by sacrifice and assessment of stress related alterations. Hydro-ethanolic (30:70) extract of NJE was administrated orally at the doses of 200 and 500 mg/kg for 14 days and compared with vehicle control and Panax ginseng (100 mg/kg). Effects of NJE on CRS induced oxidative stress including reduced glutathione, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glutathione-s-transferase were estimated. Dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin and 5-hydroxy indole acetic acid were measured in the cerebral N. Lyle (&) S. Chakrabarti T. Sur D. Bhattacharyya (&) Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, 244-B, A. J. C. Bose Road, Kolkata 700020, India e-mail: [email protected] D. Bhattacharyya e-mail: [email protected] A. Gomes Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700009, India Present Address: D. Bhattacharyya College of Medicine and Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Kalyani 741235, India
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cortex, hippocampus and hypothalamus by HPLC electrochemical detector. NJE at both doses significantly inhibited CRS induced oxidative stress. It significantly mitigated CRS induced altered level of neurotransmitters in different brain regions. The study implied that NJE has the ability to provide protection against CRS induced oxidative stress and neurochemical alterations. Findings indicated that NJE revealed potent anti-stress effect implicating its therapeutic importance in stress-related disorders. Keywords Antistress activity Restraint stress Oxidative stress Nardostachys jatamansi Neurotransmitters Panax ginseng
Introduction Exposure to restraint stress affects numerous responses including autonomic, visceral, immunological [1] and neurobehavioral responses like anxiety, depression, anorexia etc. [2, 3]. It is one of the well accepted stressor used in experimental stress research, which elicits the purest form of psychological frustration and physiological stress accompanied with vigorous struggl
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