Effect of different component ratio of Astragalus total saponins and Verbena total glycosides on the cerebral infarction area and serum biochemical indicators in the focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rat model

• Main Authors: Erping Xu, Shuo Tian, Mingsan Miao, Xiao Cheng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017-05-01
• Series: Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319016417301068

Our purpose is to study the effect of different component ratio of Astragalus Total Saponins (ATS) and Verbena Total Glycosides (VTG) on the cerebral infarction area and the serum biochemical indicators in the focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rat model. Compared with the model group, different component ratio of ATS and VTG could significantly improve the neurological deficit scores to the focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rat model, and the group of 7:3, 6:4, 5:5 got the best results; it could reduce the mortality of rat model to a certain extent, and the group of 5:5 group got the best results; it can significantly reduce the cerebral infarction area, and the group of 7:3, 5:5, 4:6 got the best results; it could significantly reduce the content of TNF-α, and the group of 8:2, 6:4 got the best results; it could significantly reduce the content of NO, and the group of 7:3, 5:5 got the best results; it could significantly increase the content of SOD, and the group of 6:4, 5:5 got the best results. This indicates that different component ratio of ATS and VTG may protect the damage of focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rat model to a certain extent, which are compared using the comprehensive weight method and the ratio of 5:5 was proved to be the optimal active ratio. Keywords: Component ratio, ATS, VTG, Focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion, The cerebral infarction area, TNF-α, NO, SOD