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http://dx.doi.org/10.6116/kjh.2019.34.4.9.

Comparative study on anti-Alzheimer's effects of herbal medicines treating phlegm  

Kwak, Chaewon (Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University)
Choi, Jin Gyu (Kyung Hee East-West Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University)
Kim, Jeong Hee (Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University)
Oh, Myung Sook (Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University)
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The Korea Journal of Herbology / v.34, no.4, 2019 , pp. 9-18 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives : It has been known to be correlated between phlegm and dementia from the perspective of oriental medicine, but it is unexplored whether herbal medicines to treat phlegm have pharmacological actions on Alzheimer's disease (AD). The aim of this study was to evaluate and to compare effects of herbal medicines to treat phlegm against AD in vitro. Methods : We selected 11 herbal medicines which treat phlegm and obtained each extract by boiling in 10-fold distilled water for 2 h. And we performed the assay of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory effects of 11 herbal extracts. Next, we evaluated neuroprotective effects of them against amyloid $beta_{25-35}$ ($A{\beta}_{25-35}$) plaque-induced toxicity in HT22 mouse hippocampal neuronal cells using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay. To investigate whether they show the anti-inflammatory effects against lipopolysaccharide (LPS), we also measured the levels of nitric oxide (NO) in BV2 microglia cells using griess reagent assay. Results : We found that Gamiyeongsin-hwan (GYH) and Cheonghunhwadam-tang (CHT) exhibited remarkable AChE inhibitory effects. In HT22 cells, Arisaematis Rhizoma, Trichosanthis Semen and Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus suppressed $A{\beta}_{25-35}$ plaque-induced neuronal cell death. In BV2 cells, Cheongung-hwan significantly inhibited the increase of NO contents induced by LPS and GYH and CHT showed a tendency to inhibit LPS-induced NO generation. Conclusions : These results suggest that several herbal medicines to treat phlegm showed the significant effects on AChE inhibition, neuroprotection against $A{\beta}_{25-35}$ plaque-induced toxicity, and inhibition of NO generation. Therefore, we demonstrate the possibility that herbal medicines with treating phlegm has effects against AD.
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; dementia; phlegm; acetylcholinesterase; amyloid beta; neuroinflammation;
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