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α-Mangostin exhibits antidepressant-like effects mediated by the modification of GABAergic, serotonergic and
Tianhua Fu1, Xiaofeng Liu2, Jinping Liu3
1College of Chinese Medicinal Materials, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China.
Abstract:
The present study explored the antidepressant-like activity of α-mangostin (α-MG) and the possible mechanism in this process in the tail suspension test (TST) in mice. The results revealed that α-MG (5 mg/kg, i.p.) exhibited markedly antidepressant-like activity, which could be reversed by pretreatment with haloperidol (a non-selective D2 receptor antagonist), bicuculline (a competitive GABA antagonist), p-chlorophenylalanine (an inhibitor of 5-HT synthesis). Meanwhile, α-MG also effectively increased the brain DA, 5-HT and GABA levels in mice exposed to TST, indicating that the antidepressant-like effect of α-MG might be mediated by the GABAergic, serotonergic and dopaminergic systems.[Formula: see text].
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