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Amburana cearensis (Allemão) A.C. Sm., Fabaceae, has been widely studied for its medicinal activities. Many neurodegenerative disorders are caused by oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, excitotoxicity induced by glutamate and ultimately cell death. This study describes the chemical profile of the ethanolic, hexane, dichloromethane, and ethyl acetate extracts obtained from seeds of A. cearensis. The objective of this study was to investigate the chemical profile of extracts obtained from seeds of A. cearensis, as well as their cytotoxicity and neuroprotective effects in cultures of neural PC12 cells. Metabolite profile was performed by GC-MS. PC12 cells were treated with increasing concentrations of the extracts (0.01–2000 μg/ml) and the cell viability was analyzed after 24 and 72 h using an MTT test. For the excitotoxicity assay, PC12 cells were pre-treated with glutamate (1 mM) for 6 h and treated with increasing concentrations (0.1–1000 μg/ml) of the extracts. The chromatographic analysis of the extracts detected various compounds with antioxidant properties, with the majority of peaks corresponding to the isoflavone coumarin. Only the hexane extract showed toxicity after 72 h exposure at the highest concentration (1000 μg/ml). By contrast, all extracts increased the cellular viability of PC12 cells against the toxicity caused by glutamate. Therefore, the extracts from the seeds of A. cearensis showed no toxicity and have neuroprotective potential against neuronal damage induced by glutamate, which may be related to their antioxidant properties.
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EPP, CCS, LOS, VDAS, SBS, and SLC, participated in study concept and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. LGF and MDC participated in study concept. EPP, SBS, VDAS and SLC, drafted the manuscript. EPP, MDC and PR carried out the extraction, fractionation and GC-MS analysis, and participated in drafting the manuscript.
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Pereira, E.P.L., Braga-de-Souza, S., Santos, C.C. et al. Amburana cearensis seed extracts protect PC-12 cells against toxicity induced by glutamate. Rev. Bras. Farmacogn. 27, 199–205 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2016.08.010
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