A review on garcinia kola heckel: traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacological activities, and toxicology

O Emmanuel, ME Uche, ED Dike, LR Etumnu… - Biomarkers, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Garcinia kola is a medicinal plant commonly known as bitter kola. It is utilised in
ethnomedicine for the treatment of diarrhoea, bronchitis, bacterial infection, cough, hepatitis …

Garcinia kola: a critical review on chemistry and pharmacology of an important West African medicinal plant

J Tauchen, A Frankova, A Manourova, I Valterova… - Phytochemistry …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Garcinia kola Heckel (Clusiaceae) is a tree indigenous to West and Central Africa.
All plant parts, but especially the seeds, are of value in local folklore medicine. Garcinia kola …

Neurotoxic agent-induced injury in neurodegenerative disease model: Focus on involvement of glutamate receptors

M Jakaria, SY Park, ME Haque… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Glutamate receptors play a crucial role in the central nervous system and are implicated in
different brain disorders. They play a significant role in the pathogenesis of …

Moringa oleifera seed oil or virgin coconut oil supplementation abrogates cerebral neurotoxicity induced by antineoplastic agent methotrexate by suppression of …

AC Famurewa, PM Aja, OE Nwankwo… - Journal of Food …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Methotrexate (MTX) is an effective antineoplastic drug associated with wide organ toxicity.
Accumulating evidence implicates oxidative stress to be a leading underlying mechanism of …

Inhibition of neuroinflammation in BV2 microglia by the biflavonoid kolaviron is dependent on the Nrf2/ARE antioxidant protective mechanism

SA Onasanwo, R Velagapudi, A El-Bakoush… - Molecular and cellular …, 2016 - Springer
Kolaviron is a mixture of biflavonoids found in the nut of the West African edible seed
Garcinia kola, and it has been reported to exhibit a wide range of pharmacological activities …

Ameliorative effect of kolaviron, a biflavonoid complex from Garcinia kola seeds against scopolamine-induced memory impairment in rats: role of antioxidant defense …

IO Ishola, FM Adamson, OO Adeyemi - Metabolic brain disease, 2017 - Springer
In Alzheimer's disease (AD) basal forebrain cholinergic neurons appear to be targeted
primarily in early stages of the disease. Scopolamine (muscarinic receptor antagonist) has …

Kolaviron protects the brain in cuprizone-induced model of experimental multiple sclerosis via enhancement of intrinsic antioxidant mechanisms: Possible therapeutic …

GO Omotoso, II Ukwubile, L Arietarhire, F Sulaimon… - Pathophysiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating condition of the central nervous system which
commonly affects young adults. Kolaviron, a biflavonoid isolate of Garcinia kola, has been …

Environmental toxicants, oxidative stress and health adversities: interventions of phytochemicals

S Dwivedi, S Kushalan, JG Paithankar… - Journal of pharmacy …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Oxidative stress is the most common factor mediating environmental chemical-
induced health adversities. Recently, an exponential rise in the use of phytochemicals as an …

[HTML][HTML] Neurotherapeutic potential of kolaviron on neurotransmitter dysregulation, excitotoxicity, mitochondrial electron transport chain dysfunction and redox …

OB Ojo, ZA Amoo, IO Saliu, MT Olaleye… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effects of post-treatment with kolaviron on a 2-Vessel Occlusion
(2-VO) model of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in rats to ascertain its level of …

Comparative Biochemical Profiling of Aluminum Chloride and Sodium Azide Induced Neuroinflammation and Cardiometabolic Disturbance

K Jabeen, K Rehman, FR Awan, B Aslam… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Comorbidities in human beings signify the numerous risk factors that increase the
incidences of neuro-and cardio-metabolic disorders. Experimental models depicting …