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Model | Inducer | Extracts/components | Dose/route/regimen | Animal or cell | Major finding | Reference |
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Seizure | Cocaine | GE rhizome—methanol extract | 500 or 1000 mg/kg, p.o., 5 times every 12 h before cocaine treatment | C57BL/6J mice | Seizure onset time ↑ Seizure duration ↓ | [29] |
KA | EFME of GE | 200 or 500 mg/kg, p.o., 14 days before and 4 days after KA injection | ICR mice | Onset time of neurobehavioral change ↑ Severity of convulsions ↓ Hippocampal neuronal damage ↓ | [25] |
KA | GE rhizome—ethanol extract | 0.5 or 1.0 g/kg, p.o., 30 min before KA injection | SD rats | Seizure onset time ↑ Seizure-like behavior ↓ | [24] |
KA | GE rhizome—aqueous extract | 0.5 or 1.0 g/kg, p.o., 1 week before or 2 weeks after KA injection | SD rats | Three types of seizure (wet dog shakes, paw tremor, and facial myoclonia) ↓ | [26] |
PTZ | EFME of GE rhizome | 500 mg/kg, p.o., for 10 days | SD rats | Seizure recovery time ↓ Seizure severity ↓ | [30] |
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Ischemia | Hypoxia | Gastrodin | 25–100 μg/mL | Rat cortical neurons | Neuronal survival ↑ | [42] |
MCAO | Gastrodin | 50 mg/kg, i.p., 10 min before MCAO | SD rats | Infarct volume ↓ Cerebral injury ↓ Amino acids ↑ | [41] |
MCAO | Gastrodin | 50 or 100 mg/kg, i.p., at the onset of MCAO | SD rats | Infarct volume ↓ Edema volume ↓ | [40] |
Transient global ischemia | EFME of GE rhizome | 200 or 500 mg/kg, p.o., 14 days before brain ischemia | Mongolian gerbils | Neuronal damage in hippocampal CA1 ↓ | [39] |
Transient global ischemia | Vanillin, 4-HBAL, and 4-HBA | 40 mg/kg, i.p., 30 min before and after ischemia | Mongolian gerbils | Neuronal survival in hippocampal CA1 ↑ | [38] |
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Alzheimer’s disease | Aβ (1–42) | GE rhizome—chloroform extract | 20 μg/mL, for 24 h | PC12 and primary neuronal cells | Neuronal cell protection ↑ | [45] |
Aβ (1–42) | GE rhizome—methanol extract, gastrodin, and 4-HBA | 10 μg/mL, for 48 h | BV2 mouse microglial cell | Cell viability ↑ | [48] |
Aβ (25–35) | GE rhizome powder | 500 or 1000 mg/kg, p.o., for 52 days | Wistar rats | Amyloid deposits ↓ Spatial memory ↑ Choline acetyltransferase ↑ | [47] |
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Parkinson’s disease | MPP+ | Gastrodin | 1, 5, and 25 μM, 4 h prior to MPP+ exposure | SH-SY5Y cells | Cell viability ↑ Oxidative stress ↓ | [54] |
MPP+ | GE rhizome—ethanol extract | 10, 100, and 200 μg/mL, 4 h prior to MPP+ exposure | SH-SY5Y cells | Cell viability ↑ Cytotoxicity ↓ | [53] |
MPP+ | GE rhizome—ethanol extract Vanillyl alcohol | 10, 100, and 200 μg/mL 1, 10, and 100 μM | MN9D cells | Cell viability ↑ Cytotoxicity ↓ | [55] |
MPTP, MPP+ | Gastrodin | 10, 30, and 60 mg/kg, p.o., for 15 days 1, 5, and 25 μM, 4 h prior to MPP+ exposure | C57BL/6 mice, SH-SY5Y cells | Bradykinesia ↓ Motor impairment ↓ Cell viability ↑ | [52] |
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