title: Amelioratory effect of dietary ingestion with red bell pepper on learning impairment in senescence-accelerated mice (SAMP8).
abstract: The effect of dietary red bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) on learning performance was studied in the senescence-accelerated mouse (SAM). An experimental diet, which contained 20% (w/w) lyophilized powder of red bell pepper, was fed to SAMP8 mice. The mice that received the experimental diet showed much better acquisition in passive avoidance tasks as compared with a control group given a common diet. This indicated that the dietary ingestion of red bell pepper ameliorated the learning impairment in SAMP8.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute, Kagome Co., Ltd., Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suganuma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inakuma
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D001835:Body Weight; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D002212:Capsicum; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D004032:Diet; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000201:enzymology; D007858:Learning; D014975:Lutein; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000201:enzymology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D024341:Xanthophylls
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D024341:Xanthophylls; D002338:Carotenoids; C006889:capsanthin; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase; D014975:Lutein