[Neuro-protective effect of naomaitong to brain damage after focal cerebral ischemia reperfusion (I/R) in the aged rats].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To study neuro-protective effect of naomaitong on brain damage after focal cerebral ischemia reperfusion (I/R) in the aged rats.

METHOD:

11 groups of 20-22-month old SD rats were subjected to 3 hours of middle cerebral artery occlusion with the intraluminal filament technique, followed by 12 hours of reperfusion. Nervous symptom, oedema of brain, infarct size, morphology and superfine structure of brain, etc were monitored thoughout cerebral ischemia and reperfusion.

RESULT:

Infarct size of brain in ischemia and reperfusion groups were significantly greater. Oedema of it was higher, nervous symptom of it was more serious, and morphology and superfine structure brain were more obvious than those of sham-operated group. Nervous symptom, oedema of brain, infarct size, morphology and superfine structure of brain in treated groups were ligher than those of untreated groups (P < 0.001).

CONCLUSION:

Naomaitong can protect brain damage after focal cerebral I/R in the aged rats.

• Authors: Xiao-qiao Ren, Jian-sheng Li, Yin-man Feng, Yue-qing Lu
• Journal: Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica (Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi) Vol. 29 Issue 1 Pg. 66-70 (Jan 2004) ISSN: 1001-5302 [Print] China
• PMID: 15709387 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Drug Combinations
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal
• Neuroprotective Agents

Topics

• Age Factors
• Animals
• Behavior, Animal (drug effects)
• Brain (pathology)
• Brain Ischemia (complications)
• Drug Combinations
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal (isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Male
• Neuroprotective Agents (pharmacology)
• Panax (chemistry)
• Plants, Medicinal (chemistry)
• Pueraria (chemistry)
• Rats
• Rats, Sprague-Dawley
• Reperfusion Injury (pathology, physiopathology)
• Rheum (chemistry)