TY - JOUR
T1 - Calea zacatechichi Schltdl. (Compositae) produces anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects, and increases the hippocampal activity during REM sleep in rodents
AU - Martinez-Mota, Lucía
AU - Cruz-Tavera, Adrián
AU - Dorantes-Barrón, Ana María
AU - Arrieta-Báez, Daniel
AU - Ramírez-Salado, Ignacio
AU - Cruz-Aguilar, Manuel Alejandro
AU - Mayagoitia-Novales, Lilian
AU - Cassani, Julia
AU - Estrada-Reyes, Rosa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/1/30
Y1 - 2021/1/30
N2 - Ethnopharmacological relevance: Calea zacatechichi is a plant with an extensive popular and ritual use in Mexico. In healthy volunteers, it induces well-being and tranquility senses, and facilitates superficial stages of sleep. However, anxiolytic, and antidepressant-like effects and changes on the sleep-waking stages have not been explored. Aim: To determine anxiolytic and antidepressant-like effects of an aqueous extract of C. zacatechichi (CZ) in rodents and to analyze their effects on hippocampal activity in the rat sleep-waking cycle. Material and methods: CZ anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects were evaluated in several mice and rat behavioral paradigms. CZ effects on temporal distribution of sleep were described, and hippocampus EEG frequency patterns were analyzed during the sleep-waking cycle; absolute and relative powers were analyzed during Rapid Eye Movements (REM) and non-REM sleep stages. CZ chemical analysis was performed by UPLC-ESI-MS. Results: CZ produced specific and robust anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects in mice and rats, similar to those of prototypical drugs, at doses ranging from 0.5 to 50 mg/kg. CZ at 100 mg/kg produced visible mild sedative effects in rats, associated with a significant increase in Slow Wave Sleep episodes during a 6 h recording, and enhanced fast frequencies of hippocampus (gamma-band:31–50 Hz) during REM sleep. Conclusion: Results could support the well-being and tranquility senses reported by healthy consumers, and to explain the oneiric content during dreams and some improvements in cognitive processes described by consumers. Anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects of this species, reported for first time in this study could improve some aspects of mental health.
AB - Ethnopharmacological relevance: Calea zacatechichi is a plant with an extensive popular and ritual use in Mexico. In healthy volunteers, it induces well-being and tranquility senses, and facilitates superficial stages of sleep. However, anxiolytic, and antidepressant-like effects and changes on the sleep-waking stages have not been explored. Aim: To determine anxiolytic and antidepressant-like effects of an aqueous extract of C. zacatechichi (CZ) in rodents and to analyze their effects on hippocampal activity in the rat sleep-waking cycle. Material and methods: CZ anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects were evaluated in several mice and rat behavioral paradigms. CZ effects on temporal distribution of sleep were described, and hippocampus EEG frequency patterns were analyzed during the sleep-waking cycle; absolute and relative powers were analyzed during Rapid Eye Movements (REM) and non-REM sleep stages. CZ chemical analysis was performed by UPLC-ESI-MS. Results: CZ produced specific and robust anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects in mice and rats, similar to those of prototypical drugs, at doses ranging from 0.5 to 50 mg/kg. CZ at 100 mg/kg produced visible mild sedative effects in rats, associated with a significant increase in Slow Wave Sleep episodes during a 6 h recording, and enhanced fast frequencies of hippocampus (gamma-band:31–50 Hz) during REM sleep. Conclusion: Results could support the well-being and tranquility senses reported by healthy consumers, and to explain the oneiric content during dreams and some improvements in cognitive processes described by consumers. Anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects of this species, reported for first time in this study could improve some aspects of mental health.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Brain oscillations
KW - Butorphanol (PubChem CID: 24892126)
KW - Calea zacatechichi
KW - Clomipramine hydrochloride (PubChem CID: 4336361)
KW - Depression
KW - Desipramine hydrochloride (PubChem CID: 65327)
KW - Diazepam (PubChem CID: 3016)
KW - Dreams
KW - Fluoxetine (PubChem CID: 62857)
KW - Hippocampal gamma-band
KW - Spectrum-EEG bands
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jep.2020.113316
DO - 10.1016/j.jep.2020.113316
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 32866569
AN - SCOPUS:85091948702
SN - 0378-8741
VL - 265
JO - Journal of Ethnopharmacology
JF - Journal of Ethnopharmacology
M1 - 113316
ER -