Research Article

Rumdul (Sphaerocoryne affinis) Antioxidant Activity and Its Potential for Parkinson’s Disease Treatment

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Rumdul fruit water extract rescued degeneration of dopaminergic neurons caused by knockdown of dUCH in larvae. (a–h) Immunostaining image of brain lobes with anti-tyrosine hydroxylase antibody, a marker for dopaminergic neurons. The control TH>GFP-IR (+; UAS-GFP-IR; TH-GAL4) and dUCH-knockdown larvae TH>dUCH-IR (+; +; TH-GAL4/UAS-dUCH-IR) were treated with 0, 3, 6, and 12 mg/mL of RFWE. Scale bars indicate 50 μm. (i, j) The quantified data described the number of dopaminergic neurons in clusters ((i) DL1, (j) sum of three clusters including DL1, DL2, and DM) (population size ; one way ANOVA, post hoc test: Dunnett, ns: not significantly, , , and ). Data are .