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Article

Potential Antioxidant Activity of Apigenin in the Obviating Stress-Mediated Depressive Symptoms of Experimental Mice

by
Adel Alghamdi
1,
Mansour Almuqbil
2,
Mohammad A. Alrofaidi
1,
Abdulhadi S. Burzangi
3,
Ali A. Alshamrani
4,
Abdullah R. Alzahrani
5,
Mehnaz Kamal
6,
Mohd. Imran
7,
Sultan Alshehri
8,
Basheerahmed Abdulaziz Mannasaheb
9,
Nasser Fawzan Alomar
10 and
Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin Asdaq
9,*
1
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Clinical Pharmacy, Al Baha University, P.O. Box 1988, Al Baha 65528, Saudi Arabia
2
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
3
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
4
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
5
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Abidiyah, P.O. Box 13578, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
6
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia
7
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Northern Border University, Rafha 91911, Saudi Arabia
8
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Ad Diriyah 13713, Saudi Arabia
9
Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Dariyah, Riyadh 13713, Saudi Arabia
10
Equame Scientific and Research Center, Riyadh 13713, Saudi Arabia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Molecules 2022, 27(24), 9055; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27249055
Submission received: 22 November 2022 / Revised: 14 December 2022 / Accepted: 16 December 2022 / Published: 19 December 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exploring Bioactive Polyphenolic Compounds in Food and Natural Real-World Samples)
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Abstract

This study aimed to examine the antidepressant properties of apigenin in an experimental mouse model of chronic mild stress (CMS). Three weeks following CMS, albino mice of either sex were tested for their antidepressant effects using the tail suspension test (TST) and the sucrose preference test. The percentage preference for sucrose solution and the amount of time spent immobile in the TST were calculated. The brain malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, catalase activity, and reduced glutathione levels were checked to determine the antioxidant potential of treatments. When compared to the control, animals treated with apigenin during the CMS periods showed significantly shorter TST immobility times. Apigenin administration raised the percentage preference for sucrose solution in a dose-dependent manner, which put it on par with the widely used antidepressant imipramine. Animals treated with apigenin displayed a significantly (p ˂ 0.05) greater spontaneous locomotor count (281) when compared to the vehicle-treated group (245). Apigenin was also highly effective in significantly (p ˂ 0.01) lowering plasma corticosterone levels (17 vs. 28 µg/mL) and nitrite (19 vs. 33 µg/mL) produced by CMS in comparison to the control group. During CMS, a high dose (50 mg/kg) of apigenin was given, which greatly increased the reduced glutathione level while significantly decreasing the brain’s MDA and catalase activity when compared to the control group. As a result, we infer that high doses of apigenin may have potential antidepressant effects in animal models via various mechanisms.
Keywords: apigenin; antidepressant activity; antioxidant potential; chronic mild stress; sucrose preference test; tail suspension test apigenin; antidepressant activity; antioxidant potential; chronic mild stress; sucrose preference test; tail suspension test

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Alghamdi, A.; Almuqbil, M.; Alrofaidi, M.A.; Burzangi, A.S.; Alshamrani, A.A.; Alzahrani, A.R.; Kamal, M.; Imran, M.; Alshehri, S.; Mannasaheb, B.A.; et al. Potential Antioxidant Activity of Apigenin in the Obviating Stress-Mediated Depressive Symptoms of Experimental Mice. Molecules 2022, 27, 9055. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27249055

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Alghamdi A, Almuqbil M, Alrofaidi MA, Burzangi AS, Alshamrani AA, Alzahrani AR, Kamal M, Imran M, Alshehri S, Mannasaheb BA, et al. Potential Antioxidant Activity of Apigenin in the Obviating Stress-Mediated Depressive Symptoms of Experimental Mice. Molecules. 2022; 27(24):9055. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27249055

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Alghamdi, Adel, Mansour Almuqbil, Mohammad A. Alrofaidi, Abdulhadi S. Burzangi, Ali A. Alshamrani, Abdullah R. Alzahrani, Mehnaz Kamal, Mohd. Imran, Sultan Alshehri, Basheerahmed Abdulaziz Mannasaheb, and et al. 2022. "Potential Antioxidant Activity of Apigenin in the Obviating Stress-Mediated Depressive Symptoms of Experimental Mice" Molecules 27, no. 24: 9055. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27249055

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Alghamdi, A., Almuqbil, M., Alrofaidi, M. A., Burzangi, A. S., Alshamrani, A. A., Alzahrani, A. R., Kamal, M., Imran, M., Alshehri, S., Mannasaheb, B. A., Alomar, N. F., & Asdaq, S. M. B. (2022). Potential Antioxidant Activity of Apigenin in the Obviating Stress-Mediated Depressive Symptoms of Experimental Mice. Molecules, 27(24), 9055. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27249055

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