Integrins LFA-1 and Mac-1 and Cytokines IL-6 and IL-10 in High-Cancer Mice under the Influence of Phytoadaptogen

Computer-aided Evaluation of Polyvalent Medications' Pharmacological Potential. Multiphytoadaptogen as a Case Study

Many human diseases including cancer, degenerative and autoimmune disorders, diabetes and others are multifactorial. Pharmaceutical agents acting on a single target do not provide their efficient curation. Multitargeted drugs exhibiting pleiotropic pharmacological effects have certain advantages due to the normalization of the complex pathological processes of different etiology. Extracts of medicinal plants (EMP) containing multiple phytocomponents are widely used in traditional medicines for multifactorial disorders' treatment. Experimental studies of pharmacological potential for multicomponent compositions are quite expensive and time-consuming. In silico evaluation of EMP the pharmacological potential may provide the basis for selecting the most promising directions of testing and for identifying potential additive/synergistic effects. Multiphytoadaptogen (MPhA) containing 70 major phytocomponents of different chemical classes from 40 medicinal plant extracts has been studied in vitro, in vivo and in clinical researches. Antiproliferative and anti-tumor activities have been shown against some tumors as well as evidence-based therapeutic effects against age-related pathologies. In addition, the neuroprotective, antioxidant, antimutagenic, radioprotective, and immunomodulatory effects of MPhA were confirmed. Analysis of the PASS profiles of the biological activity of MPhA phytocomponents showed that most of the predicted anti-tumor and anti-metastatic effects were consistent with the results of laboratory and clinical studies. Antimutagenic, immunomodulatory, radioprotective, neuroprotective and anti-Parkinsonian effects were also predicted for most of the phytocomponents. Effects associated with positive effects on the male and female reproductive systems have been identified too. Thus, PASS and PharmaExpert can be used to evaluate the pharmacological potential of complex pharmaceutical compositions containing natural products.

Effect of Phytoadaptogen Administration during Early Ontogeny on Lifespan and Somatic Status of CBA Mice with High Incidence of Tumors

We studied the influence of nontoxic phytoadaptogen complex on the lifespan and somatic status (body weight, coat state, and motor activity) of CBA mice predisposed to spontaneous hepatomas. Administration of the complex phytoadaptogen during the first month of postnatal ontogeny increased mean animal lifespan by 17.1% (p<0.001) and median of survival by 25.6% (p<0.001) and promoted maintenance of satisfactory physical status of CBA mice during spontaneous hepatocarcinogenesis.

Effects of Phytoadaptogen on Hepatoma Development in Cancer-Prone CBA Mice

The incidence, size, and number of hepatocarcinomas decreased in cancer-prone male CBA mice under the effect of preventive and therapeutic treatment with a complex phytoadaptogen.