Stansin 6 a tetrasaccharide resin glycoside isolated from the root of Ipomoea stans was evaluated as anticonvulsant and neuroprotective in kainic acid-induced seizures of rats. Intraperitoneal injection of kainic acid (10 mg/kg) induced typical behavioral seizures such as wet dog shakes and limbic seizures, and histopathological changes in the hippocampus (degeneration and loss of pyramidal cells in CA1 to CA4 areas). Stansin 6 (10-80 mg/kg) had no effect on the behavior of rats and did not induce hippocampal damage. Pretreatment with stansin 6 inhibited convulsions in rats from kainic acid-induced seizures, reduced the degeneration pattern in the CA3 region, decreased astrocytic reactivity, and reduced the expression of IL-1β and TNF-α induced by kainic acid. These results suggest that stansin 6 possesses neuroprotective and anticonvulsant activities. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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León-Rivera, I., Villeda-Hernández, J., Campos-Peña, V., Aguirre-Moreno, A., Estrada-Soto, S., Navarrete-Vázquez, G., … Rivera-Leyva, J. C. (2014). Evaluation of the neuroprotective activity of stansin 6, a resin glycoside from Ipomoea stans. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 24(15), 3541–3545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.05.055
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