Comparative efficacy of Ocimum sanctum L. and Ocimum basilicum L. essential oils against amyloid beta (1–42)-induced anxiety and depression in laboratory rats

Adams RP (2007) Identification of essential oil by gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy. Allured Publishing Corporation, Carol Stream Aydemir T, Becerik S (2011) Phenolic content and antioxidant activity of different extracts from Ocimum basilicum, Apium graveolens and Lepidium sativum seeds. J Food Biochem 35:62–79 Bandyopadhyay S, Rogers J (2014) Alzheimer’s disease therapeutics targeted to the control of amyloid precursor protein translation: maintenance of brain iron homeostasis. Biochem Pharmacol 88:486–494 Berić T, Nikolić B, Stanojević J, Vuković-Gačić B, Knežević-Vukčević J (2008) Protective effect of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) against oxidative DNA damage and mutagenesis. Food Chem Toxicol 46:724–732 Blainski A, Piccolo VK, Mello JCP, de Oliveira RMW (2010) Dual effects of crude extracts obtained from Petiveria alliacea L. (Phytolaccaceae) on experimental anxiety in mice. J Ethnopharmacol 128:541–544 Campos M, Fernandes E, Ferreira J, Santos AS, Calixto J (2005) Antidepressant-like effects of Trichilia catigua (Catuaba) extract: evidence for dopaminergic-mediated mechanisms. J Psychopharmacol (Berl) 182:45–53 Caraci F, Copani A, Nicoletti F, Drago F (2010) Depression and Alzheimer’s disease: neurobiological links and common pharmacological targets. Eur J Pharmacol 626:64–71 Carović-Stanko K, Orlić S, Politeo O, Strikić F, Kolak I, Milos M, Satovic Z (2010) Composition and antibacterial activities of essential oils of seven Ocimum taxa. Food Chem 119:196–201 Chaiyana W, Okonogi S (2012) Inhibition of cholinesterase by essential oil from food plant. Phytomedicine 19:836–839 Cioanca O, Hritcu L, Mihasan M, Trifan A, Hancianu M (2014) Inhalation of basil essential oil increased anxiolytic–antidepressant-like behaviors and decreased oxidative status in β-amyloid (1–42) rat model of Alzheimer’s disease. Physiol Behav 131:68–74 Colaianna M, Tucci P, Zotti M, Morgese MG, Schiavone S, Govoni S, Cuomo V, Trabace L (2010) Soluble βamyloid1-42: a critical player in producing behavioural and biochemical changes evoking depressive-related state? Br J Pharmacol 159:1704–1715 Emamghoreishi M, Khasaki M, Aazam MF (2005) Coriandrum sativum: evaluation of its anxiolytic effect in the elevated plus-maze. J Ethnopharmacol 96:365–370 Felsenstein K, Candelario K, Steindler D, Borchelt D (2014) Regenerative medicine in Alzheimer’s disease. Transl Res 163:432–438 Ferretti L, McCurry S, Logsdon R, Gibbons L, Teri L (2001) Anxiety and Alzheimer’s disease. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 14:52–58 Geetha RK, Vasudevan DM (2004) Inhibition of lipid peroxidation by botanical extracts of Ocimum sanctum: in vivo and in vitro studies. Life Sci 76:21–28 Gradinariu V, Cioanca O, Gille E, Aprotosoaie A, Hritcu L, Hancianu M (2013a) The chemical profile of basil bio-varieties and its implication on the biological activity. Farmacia 61:632–639 Gradinariu V, Cioanca O, Hritcu L, Hancianu M (2013b) Basil bio-varieties cutivated in Romania and the chemical profile of the essential oil. Advances in Biotechnology–SGEM 2013. In: Proceedings 113–120 Hanumanthachar I, Parle M (2006) Evaluation of nootropic potential of Ocimum sanctum. Indian J Exp Biol 40:133–136 Hayashi Y, Sogabe S, Hattori Y, Tanaka J (2012) Anxiolytic and hypnotic effects in mice of roasted coffee bean essential compounds. Neurosci Lett 531:166–169 Hwang TJ, Masterman DL, Ortiz F, Fairbanks LA, Cummings JL (2004) Mild cognitive impairment is associated with characteristic neuropsychiatric symptoms. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 18:17–21 Jesse CR, Bortolatto CF, Savegnago L, Rocha JBT, Nogueira CW (2008) Involvement of l-arginine–nitric oxide–cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway in the antidepressant-like effect of tramadol in the rat forced swimming test. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 32:1838–1843 Khodagholi F, Ashabi G (2013) Dietary supplimentation with Salvia sahendica attenuates memory deficits, modulates CREB and its down-stream molecules and decreases apoptosis in amyloid β-injected rats. Behav Brain Res 241:62–69 Krishnan S, Rani P (2014) Evaluation of selenium, redox status and their association with plasma amyloid/tau in Alzheimer’s disease. Biol Trace Elem Res 158:158–165 Laursen SE, Belknap JK (1986) Intracerebroventricular injections in mice. Some methodological refinements. J Pharmacol Methods 16:355–357 Linck VM, da Silva AL, Figueiró M, Caramão EB, Moreno PRH, Elisabetsky E (2010) Effects of inhaled linalool in anxiety, social interaction and aggressive behavior in mice. Phytomedicine 17:679–683 Lippa C, Nee L, Mori H, George-Hyslop PHS (1998) Aβ-42 deposition precedes other changes in PS-1 AD. Lancet 352:1117–1118 Lok K, Zhao H, Zhang C, He N, Shen H, Wang Z, Zhao W, Yin M (2013) Effects of accelerated senescence on learning and memory, locomotion and anxiety-like behavior in APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. J Neurosci 335:145–154 Mansouri MT, Soltani M, Naghizadeh B, Farbood Y, Mashak A, Sarkaki A (2014) A possible mechanism for the anxiolytic-like effect of gallic acid in the rat elevated plus maze. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 117:40–46 Navarro-Yepes J, Zavala-Flores L, Anandhan A, Wang F, Skotak M, Chandra N, Li M, Pappa A, Martinez-Fong D, Del Razo LM, Quintanilla-Vega B, Franco R (2014) Antioxidant gene therapy against neuronal cell death. Pharmacol Ther 142:206–230 Oboh G (2008) Antioxidative potential of Ocimum gratissimum and Ocimum canum leaf polyphenols and protective effects on some pro-oxidants induces lipid peroxidation in rat brain: an in vitro study. Am J Food Technol 3:325–334 Paxinos G, Watson C (2005) The rat brain in stereotaxic coordinates. Academic Press, Elsevier, San Diego Puzzo D, Privitera L, Fa M, Staniszewski A, Hashimoto G, Aziz F, Sakurai M, Ribe EM, Troy CM, Mercken M, Jung SS, Palmeri A, Arancio O (2011) Endogenous amyloid-β is necessary for hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory. Ann Neurol 69:819–830 Rodgers RJ, Dalvi A (1997) Anxiety, defence and the elevated plus-maze. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 21:801–810 Rosenblum WI (2014) Why Alzheimer trials fail: removing soluble oligomeric β amyloid is essential, inconsistent, and difficult. Neurobiol Aging 35:969–974 Samson J, Sheela Devi R, Ravindran R, Senthilvelan M (2006) Biogenic amine changes in brain regions and attenuating action of Ocimum sanctumin noise exposure. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 83:67–75 Samson J, Sheeladevi R, Ravindran R (2007) Oxidative stress in brain and antioxidant activity of Ocimum sanctum in noise exposure. NeuroToxicology 28:679–685 Seignourel PJ, Kunik ME, Snow L, Wilson N, Stanley M (2008) Anxiety in dementia: a critical review. Clin Psychol Rev 28:1071–1082 Tolardo R, Zetterman L, Bitencourtt DR, Mora TC, de Oliveira FL, Biavatti MW, Amoah SKS, Bürger C, de Souza MM (2010) Evaluation of behavioral and pharmacological effects of Hedyosmum brasiliense and isolated sesquiterpene lactones in rodents. J Ethnopharmacol 128:63–70 Wuwongse S, Chang RC-C, Law ACK (2010) The putative neurodegenerative links between depression and Alzheimer’s disease. Prog Neurobiol 91:362–375