Research Article

Studies on the Protective Effects of Scutellarein against Neuronal Injury by Ischemia through the Analysis of Endogenous Amino Acids and Ca2+ Concentration Together with Ca2+-ATPase Activity

Table 1

Effects of scutellarein on contents of 17 amino acid neurotransmitters in brain of cerebral ischemic/reperfusion rats (μg/g, , ).

AnalyteShamModelScutellarein ScutellareinScutellarein
(μg/g)(μg/g)(0.09 mmol/kg)(0.17 mmol/kg)(0.35 mmol/kg)

GABA111.6 ± 0.2579119.9 ± 0.8276△△121.8 ± 1.263124.1 ± 1.191135.9 ± 6.187
Gly3.332 ± 0.16814.607 ± 0.21273.863 ± 0.11123.961 ± 0.26123.558 ± 0.1295
Glu42.66 ± 4.42085.52 ± 5.43669.72 ± 3.35668.95 ± 11.1061.80 ± 4.438
Tau55.86 ± 3.22596.11 ± 2.247△△81.11 ± 2.15391.54 ± 3.421112.1 ± 5.386
Asp2.413 ± 0.34325.214 ± 0.2840△△4.737 ± 0.26233.641 ± 0.29333.133 ± 0.2145
Leu11.35 ± 1.21121.84 ± 1.342△△19.93 ± 0.832117.73 ± 1.23115.50 ± 2.320
Met3.432 ± 0.12105.041 ± 0.2140△△4.897 ± 0.32543.845 ± 0.02313.792 ± 0.1100
Phe10.08 ± 2.11318.92 ± 2.51316.85 ± 2.65315.71 ± 1.21612.53 ± 0.3245
Ala18.78 ± 2.16525.52 ± 3.24523.10 ± 0.426524.17 ± 3.25420.00 ± 0.6530
Cit1.813 ± 0.23112.562 ± 0.43012.391 ± 0.12542.122 ± 0.43222.023 ± 0.3251
Gln107.1 ± 3.248140.7 ± 1.342134.5 ± 6.231126.4 ± 4.563117.0 ± 3.258
Asn3.072 ± 0.12814.713 ± 0.43814.391 ± 0.43513.472 ± 0.10433.533 ± 0.2549
Ser27.13 ± 1.15129.44 ± 1.43228.57 ± 4.32428.95 ± 3.98028.38 ± 1.543
Val8.201 ± 0.35059.192 ± 0.53199.013 ± 0.56008.912 ± 0.53418.732 ± 0.4533
H-pro2.301 ± 0.23213.303 ± 0.54323.122 ± 0.11202.821 ± 0.20042.573 ± 0.1043
Lys1.562 ± 0.22104.071 ± 0.2311△△3.832 ± 0.12403.553 ± 0.10432.231 ± 0.2034
Arg4.582 ± 0.121110.65 ± 0.32188.831 ± 0.54218.262 ± 0.59026.801 ± 0.6420

Model groups compared with their sham groups, respectively (, ), compared with model groups (, ).