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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2022; 12(02): 134-138
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1736274
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A Study on the Effect of Valeric Acid in Alzheimer's Induced Rats by the Estimation of Aβ 1-42 Biomarker

Blessina Sugandhi Dulla
1   Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (deemed to be) University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
,
Bindhu S.
1   Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (deemed to be) University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
,
Leena Pramod K.
2   Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (deemed to be) University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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Abstract

The effect of valeric acid on the behavior of Alzheimer's disease (AD)-induced rats by aluminum chloride (100 mg/kg body weight) was assessed using elevated plus maze (EPM) and the Hebb Williams maze (HWM). Amyloid β 1–42(Aβ1–42) biomarker was estimated by ELISA. In this study, valeric acid-treated rats were compared with those treated with piracetam (200 mg/kg), rivastigmine (0.5 mg/kg), and the results showed the rats treated with valeric acid had a very less transfer latency of EPM and HWM when compared with other standard drugs. In addition, valeric acid-treated rats showed reduced levels of amyloid β1–42 biomarker in the plasma. Hence, this study found that valeric acid may be suggested as a better drug for Alzheimer's disease.

Keywords

Alzheimer's disease - amyloid β 1–42 - elevated plus maze - Hebb Williams maze - valeric acid


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Article published online:
24 October 2021

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