Research Article

Comparative Effect of Lisinopril and Fosinopril in Mitigating Learning and Memory Deficit in Scopolamine-Induced Amnesic Rats

Table 1

Effects of lisinopril and fosinopril on the transfer latencies on 1st day and 2nd day in elevated plus maze test.

TreatmentTransfer latency on the
1st day (sec)
Transfer latency on 2nd day
after 24 h (sec)

Control 57.50 ± 4.32 35.50 ± 2.15
Saline control61.00 ± 3.2037.90 ± 2.81
Scopolamine92.17 ± 5.57b94.00 ± 3.55b
Lisinopril (0.225 mg/kg) + scopolamine83.33 ± 3.81b75.61 ± 2.75b
Lisinopril (0.45 mg/kg) + scopolamine76.16 ± 5.74 55.17 ± 3.04
Fosinopril (0.90 mg/kg) + scopolamine85.33 ± 3.56b75.67 ± 5.16b
Fosinopril (1.80 mg/kg) + scopolamine 73.50 ± 3.3453.00 ± 3.67

Comparisons between control, scopolamine, lisinopril, and fosinopril treated groups in the elevated plus maze test. Values are mean ± SE, versus scopolamine (), versus scopolamine (), aversus control (), and bversus control ().