Ciência Rural (Jun 2004)

Efeito do extrato da casca de Syzygium cumini sobre a atividade da acetilcolinesterase em ratos normais e diabéticos Syzygium cumini bark extract effect on acetylcholinesterase activity in normal and diabetic rats

  • Cinthia Melazzo Mazzanti,
  • Deila Rosély Schossler,
  • Andreane Filappi,
  • Danívia Prestes,
  • Adriane Cismoski Silva,
  • Maisa Correa,
  • Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger,
  • Vera Maria Morsch,
  • Gilberto Lunkes,
  • Wellington de Abreu Gonzaga,
  • Marcelo Cecim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-84782004000300023
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 34, no. 3
pp. 803 – 807

Abstract

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Este estudo verificou a eficiência do extrato etanólico da casca de Syzygium cumini sobre o sistema colinérgico de ratos normais e diabéticos induzidos com aloxano. Os animais foram divididos em grupo controle (C), tratado com Syzygium cumini (TS), diabético (D) e diabético tratado com Syzygium cumini (DS). A atividade da acetilcolinesterase (AChE) foi analisada nas seguintes estruturas cerebrais: cerebelo, córtex, estriado e hipocampo. O extrato etanólico da casca de Syzygium cumini na dose de 1g.kg-1 foi administrado diariamente por um período de trinta dias. Foi verificado após este período que o extrato inibiu a atividade da AChE no cerebelo e córtex cerebral dos ratos do grupo DS (PThe present study verified the efficiency of the bark ethanol extract of Syzygium cumini on the cholinergic system of normal and alloxan induced diabetic rats. Thirty-nine female rats were divided in control (C), treated with Syzygium cumini (TS), diabetic (D) and diabetic treated with Syzygium cumini (DS). The activity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) was analyzed in the following cerebral structures: cerebellum, cortex, striatum and hippocampus. The extract of the bark of Syzygium cumini in the dose of 1g.kg-1 was administered orally daily for a period of thirty days. After this period the extract inhibited the activity of the AChE in the cerebellum and cerebral cortex of the rats in the DS group (P<0.05) as, compared to TS. In the striatum there was a significant increase in the activity of the AChE in rats of the TS group (P<0.01) when compared to the C group, and in the hippocampus there was no significant variation. These results indicate that the bark extract of "Jambolão"has an inhibitory effect on AChE in the cerebellum and cerebral cortex and an stimulatory effect on striatum, indicating a possible alteration in the functionality of the cholinergic system in such cerebral structures.

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