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  • Title: Magnolol protects against cerebral ischaemic injury of rat heatstroke.
    Author: Chang CP, Hsu YC, Lin MT.
    Journal: Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol; 2003; 30(5-6):387-92. PubMed ID: 12859431.
    Abstract:
    1. Free radicals mediate cerebral ischaemic injury associated with heatstroke. Magnolol, an active component of Magnolia officinalis, is 1000-fold more potent than alpha-tocopherol in inhibiting lipid peroxidation in rat mitochondria. The aim of the present study was to ascertain whether magnolol attenuated cerebral ischaemic injury and free radical formation associated with heatstroke. 2. Urethane-anaesthetized rats were exposed to heat stress (ambient temperature 42 degrees C) to induce heatstroke. Controlled rats were exposed to 24 degrees C. Mean arterial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure and cerebral blood flow after the onset of heatstroke were all significantly lower than in control rats. However, colonic temperature, intracranial pressure, heart rate, cerebral free radicals, lipid peroxidation and the neuronal damage score were greater after the onset of heatstroke. 3. Magnolol (20 or 40 mg/kg, i.v.) significantly attenuated the heatstroke-induced hyperthermia, arterial hypotension, intracranial hypertension, cerebral ischaemia and neuronal damage and increased free radical formation and lipid peroxidation in the brain. The extracellular concentrations of ischaemic (e.g. glutamate and lactate/pyruvate ratio) and damage (e.g. glycerol) markers in the corpus striatum were increased after the onset of heatstroke. Magnolol significantly attenuated the increase in striatal ischaemia and damage markers associated with heatstroke. 4. Thus, it appears that magnolol has impressive effects against heatstroke reactions.
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