RETRACTED: Neuroprotective Effects of Dried Tubers of <i>Aconitum napellus</i>
2020
Ambreen Shoaib | Hefazat Hussain Siddiqui | Rakesh Kumar Dixit | Sahabjada Siddiqui | Badrud Deen | Andleeb Khan | Salman H. Alrokayan | Haseeb A. Khan | Parvaiz Ahmad
The present study was designed to explore the neuroprotective properties of <i>Aconitum napellus</i> (Ranunculaceae). The plant detoxification was done using either water, or cow or goat milk as per the Ayurvedic shodhana method. The evaluation of the neuroprotective role of <i>A. napellus</i> was performed on diabetic neuropathy induced by streptozotocin in Sprague Dawley (SD) rats. Body mass, blood sugar level, oral glucose tolerance test, hyperalgesia, cold allodynia, motor co-ordination test, and locomotor activity, oxidative biomarkers (TBARS, reduced glutathione, catalase and superoxide dismutase) and sciatic nerve histomorphology were assessed. The <i>in vitro</i> studies were done on human neuroblastoma cell line SHSY-5Y and used an MTT assay to assess the antiproliferative activity of different extracts. Results suggest that the goat milk treated chloroform extract has less percentage of aconitine. After administration of the detoxified chloroform extract to the diabetic animals, there was a significant improvement in the myelination and degenerative changes of the nerve fibers along with behavioral changes (<i>p</i> < 0.05 as compared with diabetic control group). The findings of the <i>in vitro</i> research show an effective neuroprotective role of <i>A. napellus.</i> This suggests that <i>A. napellus</i> should be further investigated for its effect in diabetic pathology.
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