TY - JOUR ID - 13992 TI - Effect of safranal, a constituent of saffron, on olanzapine (an atypical antipsychotic) induced metabolic disorders in rat JO - Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences JA - IJBMS LA - en SN - 2008-3866 AU - Malekzadeh, Sara AU - Heidari, Mahmoud Reza AU - Razavi, Marjan AU - Rameshrad, Maryam AU - Hosseinzadeh, Hossein AD - School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - Department of Pharmacodynamics and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran AD - Targeted Drug Delivery Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - Natural Products and Medicinal Plants Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran AD - Pharmaceutical Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 22 IS - 12 SP - 1476 EP - 1482 KW - Crocus sativus KW - metabolic syndrome KW - Obesity KW - Olanzapine KW - Safranal KW - Saffron DO - 10.22038/ijbms.2019.13992 N2 - Objective(s): Olanzapine, an atypical antipsychotic, causes weight gain and metabolic disorders in humans. Safranal, one of the active components of Crocus sativus (saffron), has been shown to have anti-obesity, lipid and blood pressure lowering and anti-diabetes effects. In this investigation, the effect of safranal on metabolic disorders induced by olanzapine was studied.Materials and Methods: Fourty-two female Wistar rats were divided into 7 groups of 6 animals. The two groups were selected as controls, which received olanzapine and safranal solvents, respectively. The third group treated by olanzapine 5 mg/kg. Groups 4, 5 and 6 treated by olanzapine 5 mg/kg plus safranal (2.5, 5 and 10 mg/kg) and the last group received safranal 10 mg/kg. The injections were performed intraperitoneally for 14 days and on the 15th day the rats were killed and their serum were collected to measure metabolic factors including glucose, insulin, triglyceride, total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol. Leptin level in plasma was also measured. Mean systolic blood pressure was measured using tail cuff method at the end of study. The rats were weighed every other day and amount of food consumed was measured daily.Results: Olanzapine significantly elevated body weight, food intake, fasting blood glucose, TG, leptin, and mean systolic blood pressure (MSBP). It also significantly decreased HDL cholesterol blood level. Safranal significantly improved all these complications at three doses. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, safranal is thought to be used as an effective combination in controlling metabolic complications caused by olanzapine. UR - https://ijbms.mums.ac.ir/article_13992.html L1 - https://ijbms.mums.ac.ir/article_13992_af862e776521cecbc3c08f52a749d0e4.pdf ER -