Publication: Acute enhancing effect of a standardized extract of Centella asiatica (ECa 233) on synaptic plasticity: an investigation via hippocampal long-term potentiation
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2021-01-01
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17445116
13880209
13880209
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Mahidol University
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Pharmaceutical Biology. Vol.59, No.1 (2021), 367-374
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Yingrak Boondam, Mayuree H. Tantisira, Kanokwan Tilokskulchai, Sompol Tapechum, Narawut Pakaprot Acute enhancing effect of a standardized extract of Centella asiatica (ECa 233) on synaptic plasticity: an investigation via hippocampal long-term potentiation. Pharmaceutical Biology. Vol.59, No.1 (2021), 367-374. doi:10.1080/13880209.2021.1893348 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/76390
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Acute enhancing effect of a standardized extract of Centella asiatica (ECa 233) on synaptic plasticity: an investigation via hippocampal long-term potentiation
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Context: ECa 233 is the standardized extract of Centella asiatica (L.) Urban. (Apiaceae). It contains at least 85% of triterpenoid glycosides and yields neuroprotective and memory-enhancing effects. However, the exact molecules exerting the effects might be triterpenic acid metabolites reproduced through gut metabolism after orally ingesting C. asiatica, not triterpenoid glycosides. Objective: This study demonstrates the effect of unmetabolized ECa 233 on hippocampal synaptic plasticity after directly perfusing ECa 233 over acute brain slices. Materials and methods: The brain slices obtained from 7-week-old male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups. We perfused either artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACSF), 0.01% DMSO, 10 µg/mL ECa 233, or 100 µg/mL on brain slices, and measured the long-term potentiation (LTP) magnitude to determine the synaptic plasticity of hippocampal circuits in each group. Results: The LTP magnitude of ACSF, DMSO, 10 ug/mL ECa 233, and 100 ug/mL ECa 233 groups increased from 100% to 181.26 ± 38.19%, 148.74 ± 5.40%, 273.71 ± 56.66%, 182.17 ± 18.61%, respectively. ECa 233 at the concentration of 10 µg/mL robustly and significantly enhanced hippocampal LTP magnitude. The data indicates an improvement of the hippocampal synaptic plasticity. Discussion and conclusions: This study emphasizes the effectiveness of triterpenoid glycosides in ECa 233 on synaptic plasticity enhancement. Therefore, this study supported and complimented the known effects of C. asiatica extract on the enhancement of synaptic plasticity, and subsequently, learning and memory, suggesting that ECa 233 could be a promising memory enhancing agent.