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A Review Study on the Traditional Plants Has Potential Antidepressant Property MOJ Cell Science & Report Review Article Open Access A review study on the traditional plants has potential antidepressant property Abstract Volume 4 Issue 5 - 2017 Depression refers to a state of low mood and aversion to activity characterized by Md Rashidur Rahman, Mohammad Ali, depressed mood, loss of interest, reduced energy and concentration. The reasons for the disease include stimulation of MAO-A, inhibition of NA and 5-HT. Symptoms Mostakim Sharif, Afsana Tajmim Department of Pharmacy, Jessore University of Science & include the diminished interest of pleasure, feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate Technology, Bangladesh guilt, a decrease in appetite and libido, insomnia, and recurrent thoughts of death or suicide. There are plenty of synthetic drugs used to treat depression but not enough Correspondence: Md Rashidur Rahman, Department blissful for patients, moreover, these synthetic drugs have potential side effects. After of Pharmacy, Jessore University of Science & Technology, decades of serious obsession with the modern medicinal system, people have started Bangladesh, Tel +8801727510926, Email [email protected] looking at the ancient healing systems like Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani. Many scientists are researching plant material for treating this disorder and there are lots of Received: November 05, 2017 | Published: November 22, publications on it. But this is not sufficient for treating depression; further outcome 2017 should come into light that’s the purpose of our review. Keywords: depression, antidepressant, medicinal plant, force swimming test, tail suspension test, open field test Abbreviations: HBT, hole board test; FST, force swimming drowsiness, and cardiac arrhythmias. Several drug-drug interactions test; TST, tail suspension test; OFT, open field test; EPMT, elevated can also occur. These conditions create an opportunity of alternative plus maze test; MACT, muscle coordination activity test; THB, triple treatment for depression by the use of medicinal plants. Since all the horizontal bars synthetic drugs available for the treatment of depression have various adverse effects associated with problematic interactions, our aim is Introduction to explore the potential of medicinal plants in the management of depression. Mental depression that distresses a person’s mood, thoughts, physical health and behavior is a chronic illness. Biological and Discussion emotional components are associated with symptoms of depression. Retardation of thought, action and appetite are biological symptoms This review includes detailed description of antidepressant activity & emotional indicators include mystery, apathy and pessimism, low of 21 medicinal plants whose roots, leaves, fruits extracts were used self- esteem consisting of feeling of guilt, inadequacy and ugliness, to evaluate the activity from various research articles. The tests indecisiveness and loss of motivation.1 World health report shows employed for antidepressant activity includes HBT, FST, TST, OFT, evidence that about 450 million people all over the world suffer EPMT, and MACT using rotarod and THB. These tests are employed from mental or behavioral syndrome.2,3 This extents to 12.3% of the with slight modification from original method, keeping basic concept worldwide affliction of disease, and grounded to rise up to 15% by same. 2020.4 Patients with major depression have symptoms that reflect HBT changes in brain, monoamine neurotransmitters, specifically nor epinephrine, serotonin, dopamine.5 It is estimated that by the year Exploratory behaviour of rodents such as mice is evaluated using 2020, depression will result in second greatest increase in morbidity hole board test. The floor of the apparatus has regularly arranged holes. after cardiovascular disease, presenting a significant socioeconomic The animal is placed in the arena. Both frequency and duration of burden.6 Mental depressions are mainly two types, specifically spontaneous elicited hole-poking behavior are then measured during unipolar depression and bipolar depression. In unipolar depression, a short period of time. This test also provides a simple method for mood swings are constantly in the identical track and is conjoint assessing anxious response of a rodent to an unfamiliar environment. (about 75% of cases) non familial, evidently accompanying with The use of the hole-board in this perspective relies on the hypothesis traumatic life events and complemented by indicators of anxiety and that the behavior of animals exposed to a novel situation results from agitation. The following type is bipolar depression (about 25% of competition between an exploratory tendency and a withdrawal cases) occasionally also called as endogenous depression, displays tendency. Thus, anxiety is inversely related to head-dipping behaviour a familiarized pattern, dissimilar to exterior stresses and frequently of mice. Other associated behaviors that can be can be evaluated using seems in premature grown-up life, results in vacillating depression the hole board test are grooming, rearing and locomotion.8 and mania over a period of a few weeks.7 Although a number of synthetic drugs are being used as the standard treatment for clinically FST depressed patients, they have adverse effects that can compromise the FST is also known as behavioral despair test, is a widely used therapeutic treatment, these common adverse effect include dry mouth, behavioral test for determining antidepressant activity of a compound. fatigue, gastrointestinal or respiratory problems, anxiety, agitation, This method is described according to Porsolt.9,10 In this test, Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com MOJ Cell Sci Rep. 2017;4(5):138‒145. 138 © 2017 Rahman et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and build upon your work non-commercially. Copyright: A review study on the traditional plants has potential antidepressant property ©2017 Rahman et al. 139 experimental animals are divided randomly into control, standard Rotarod: The Rotarod uses a rod with rotating ability, 3cm in diameter and extract with five animals in each group. Test preparations are and supported 30cm above the base of the apparatus. The surface administered once daily over a period of 14days. Experiment is is knurled in a series of parallel ridges along the longitudinal axis, separated into two sessions with 24 hours interval. In the first session, enabling the mice to grip it effectively. The start speed is adjusted to animals are placed into an acrylic cylinder individually filled with 4rpm; the acceleration rate to 20rpm/min. Maximum speed is 40rpm. water for 15minutes. Immobility is not scored in this session. The Two flanges prevent the mouse from leaving the rod. They are 30cm objective of this session is to adapt the animals to experimental in diameter (this could probably be reduced to 20cm). Their separation situation as well as to persuade stable and high level of immobility is set at 6cm (maximum) but may need to be adjusted smaller for sub- during test session. Twenty-four hours after the pre-test session, the adult mice if they tend to turn around on the rod. animals were once again exposed to the same conditions for 5min THB: The bars are made of brass, 38cm long, held 49cm above (test session). Between the pretest session and main session, drug the bench surface by a wooden support column at each end. The solutions are then administered orally three times as follows: just after columns are secured to a heavy wooden base. Three bar diameters the pre-test session, 5 h before the main test, and 1h before the main are available: 2, 4 and 6mm. The 2mm bar is the standard, but many test. A mouse is judged immobile if it remained floating in the water, mice reach maximum scores on this. Therefore larger diameter bars except for small movements to keep its head above the water. have been included in an attempt to refine the test, as mice cannot grip TST these so well. Basic concept of the protocol of TST is similar to FST and differs in Traditional plants having potential that immobility is persuaded by suspending the tail of the experimental antidepressant activity animal. Before administrating the drug weigh each animal. After administration of the drug, wait for some time to initiate the test, Centella asiatica Linn usually 30min for intraperitoneal and subcutaneous injections, and 60min for oral administration. Animal’s tail is wrapped by adhesive Centella asiatica (CA), a clonal, perennial herbaceous creeper tape to a constant position three quarters of the distance from the base belongs to the family umbellifere (Apiceae). Preliminary phytochemical tail. The animal was observed continuously for 6minutes. To prevent studies showed the presence of Saponins, Terpenoids, Alkaloids, 15 bias in animal behavior test should be performed using blind with and Phenols. The plant possess cardiotonic, nerve tonic, sedative coded solutions.11 to nerves, stomachic, carminative, improves appetite, antileprotic, memory and febrifuge.16 Several investigations have proposed that OFT this plant possess sedative and anxiolytic,17 antiepileptic,18 memory enhancing,19 cardioprotective20 and immunomodulation activity. This OFT is used to measure anxiety and exploration as well as plant also found to possess antidepressant activity.21 locomotion in a large field. Mice were placed into the center or one of the four corners of the open field
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