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Matos da Silva M, Alexandre GP, Magalhães MR, Torres AM, Kato L, Costa da Silva V, Teixeira de Saboia Morais SM, Rodriguez AG, Fill TP, Pereira AK, Roque J, Souza Simão JL, Pasqualotto Severino VG. Musa spp. cultivars as a neutralising source against some toxic activities of Bothrops and Crotalus genus snake venoms. Toxicon 2023; 228:107106. [PMID: 37031872 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
Abstract
Accidents involving snakes from Bothrops spp. and Crotalus spp. constitute the most important cause of envenomation in Brazil and Argentina. Musa spp. (banana) have been reported to be used in popular medicine against snakebite by the members of the Canudos Settlement, located in Goiás. In this way, the aim of this work was to evaluate the antivenom effect of the Ouro (AA), Prata (AAB), Prata-anã (AAB) and Figo (ABB) cultivars against in vitro (phospholipase, coagulation and proteolytic) and in vivo (lethality and toxicity) activities caused by the venoms and toxicity (Artemia salina nauplii and Danio rerio embryos) of Musa spp. as well as the annotation of chemical compounds possibly related to these activities. From the in vitro antiophidic tests with the sap, we observed 100% inhibition of the phospholipase and coagulant activities with the cultivars Prata-anã and Figo against the venoms of B. alternatus and C. d. collineatus, B. diporus and B. pauloensis, respectively, and neutralisation of the lethality against the B. diporus venom. It was observed that the cultivars of Musa spp. did not show toxicity against Artemia salina nauplii and Danio rerio embryos. The sap analysis via HPLC-MS/MS allowed the annotation of the 13 compounds: abscisic acid, shikimic acid, citric acid, quinic acid, afzelechin, Glp-hexose, glucose, sucrose, isorhamnetin-3-O-galactoside-6-raminoside, kaempferol-3-glucoside-3-raminoside, myricetin-3-O-rutinoside, procyanidin B1 and rutin. Therefore, it can be seen that Musa spp. is a potential therapeutic agent that can act to neutralise the effects caused by snakebites.
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- Márcia Matos da Silva
- Laboratório de Produtos Naturais e Síntese Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74.690-900, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Produtos Naturais e Síntese Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74.690-900, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas Biológicas, Escola de Ciências Médicas e da Vida, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, 74.605-010, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Produtos Naturales Prof. Armando Ricciardi, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, CP 3400, Corrientes, Argentina
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- Laboratório de Produtos Naturais e Síntese Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74.690-900, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Comportamento Celular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74.690-900, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biotecnologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74.690-900, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório Institucional de Espectrometria de Massas, Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13.083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório Institucional de Espectrometria de Massas, Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13.083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Cromatografia e Espectrometria de Massas, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74.690-900, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Produtos Naturais e Síntese Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74.690-900, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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Farias KS, Kato NN, Boaretto AG, Weber JI, Brust FR, Alves FM, Tasca T, Macedo AJ, Silva DB, Carollo CA. Nectandra as a renewable source for (+)-α-bisabolol, an antibiofilm and anti-Trichomonas vaginalis compound. Fitoterapia 2019; 136:104179. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2019.104179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Almeida KCR, Silva BB, Alves CCF, Vieira TM, Crotti AEM, Souza JM, Martins CHG, Ribeiro AB, Squarisi IS, Tavares DC, Bernabé LDS, Magalhães LG, Miranda MLD. Biological properties and chemical composition of essential oil from Nectandra megapotamica (Spreng.) Mez. leaves (Lauraceae). Nat Prod Res 2019; 34:3149-3153. [PMID: 31084218 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2019.1608539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Nectandra megapotamica is a tree species that naturally occurs in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. This paper aims to investigate the chemical composition and in vitro antibacterial, antileishmanial and antiproliferative activities of essential oil from N. megapotamica leaves (NM-EO). It displayed high antibacterial activity against Streptococcus mutans, S. sobrinus, Prevotella nigrescens and Bacteroides fragilis. NM-EO also exhibited high antileishmanial activity against promastigote forms of Leishmania amazonensis. Its antiproliferative activity was evaluated against the following cells: GM07429A (normal cell), MCF-7 (human breast adenocarcinoma), HeLa (human cervical adenocarcinoma) and M059J (human glioblastoma). Its major components, which were determined by GC-FID and GC-MS, were α-bisabolol (13.7%), bicyclogermacrene (10.9%), (E,E)-farnesene (10.6%), Z-caryophyllene (9.5%) and (E)-β-farnesene (7.0%). These results suggest that N. megapotamica, a Brazilian plant, shows initial evidence of a new and alternative source of substances of medicinal interest.
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- Karoliny C R Almeida
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas Gerais, Pouso Alegre, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas Gerais, Pouso Alegre, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano, Rio Verde, GO, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
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Danielli LJ, de Souza TJT, Maciel AJ, Ferrão MF, Fuentefria AM, Apel MA. Influence of Monoterpenes in Biological Activities of Nectandra megapotamica (Spreng.) Mez Essential Oils. Biomolecules 2019; 9:biom9030112. [PMID: 30901829 PMCID: PMC6468616 DOI: 10.3390/biom9030112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Investigating the influence of seasonal variations on biological activities is important for pharmacological studies and metabolic engineering. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the variation of the chemical composition of essential oils obtained from Nectandra megapotamica leaves, collected at different stages of plant development, as well as its influence on the biological activities. A total of 38 compounds were identified that accounted for 97–99.2% of the chemical composition of the oils. Major differences were observed in the monoterpenic fraction, representing 5.1% of the compounds identified in the productive rest phase to 37.1% in the blooming phase. Bicyclogermacrene and germacrene D were the predominant compounds identified in the oil of all collections. Furthermore, limonene, β-pinene, and spathulenol were identified predominantly in the samples of blooming and fruiting phases. The oils exhibited significant antichemotactic activity and different effects in scavenging the radical 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl. Variations were also observed in the antifungal activity, with the minimum inhibitory concentrations ranging from 125 to 500 μg/mL. These results demonstrate the influence of monoterpenes, primarily limonene, α-pinene, and β-pinene, on the bioactivities of the oil. Studies investigating the variations in the chemical composition of essential oil may offer a strategy to produce a compound or a group of compounds of interest to industries with a specific pharmacological focus.
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- Letícia J Danielli
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, 90610 000 Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, 90610 000 Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, 90610 000 Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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- Departament of Inorganic Chemistry, Chemistry Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, 91501 970 Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, 90610 000 Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, 90610 000 Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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In depth investigation of the metabolism of Nectandra megapotamica chemotypes. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0201996. [PMID: 30080887 PMCID: PMC6078319 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Plants produce a wide range of secondary metabolites. Within a single species, chemotypes can be distinguished by the differences in the composition of the secondary metabolites. Herein, we evaluated Nectandra megapotamica (Spreng.) chemotypes and the balance of different classes of metabolites to verify how significant differences in plant metabolism are regarding chemotypes. We collected N. megapotamica leaves from eight adult plants in two Brazilian states. The essential oils and ethanol/water extracts were analyzed by GC-MS and LC-DAD-MS, respectively. Histochemical tests were performed, as well as chemical analyses of leaves from adaxial and abaxial foliar surfaces of N. megapotamica, and the stereochemistry of α-bisabolol was determined. Two different chemotypes, based on volatile compounds, were identified, distinguished by the presence of isospathulenol, α-bisabolol, β-bisabolene, and (E)-nerolidol for chemotype A, and bicyclogermacrene and elemicin for chemotype B. A stereochemical analysis of chemotype A extract revealed (+)-α-bisabolol enantiomer. Histochemical tests of chemotypes showed similar results and suggested the presence of essential oil in idioblasts stained with the dye NADI. The analyses of chemotype A leaves by GC-MS revealed similar compositions for abaxial and adaxial surfaces, such pattern was also observed for chemotype B. Medium and high polarity metabolites showed high chemical similarities between the chemotypes, highlighting the presence of proanthocyanidins and glycosylated flavonoids (O- and C-glycosides). Thus, N. megapotamica produced distinct volatile chemotypes with highly conserved medium to high polarity compounds. Such results suggest that phenolic derivatives have a basal physiological function, while genetic or environmental differences lead to differentiation in volatile profiles of N. megapotamica.
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Ricciardi Verrastro B, Maria Torres A, Ricciardi G, Teibler P, Maruñak S, Barnaba C, Larcher R, Nicolini G, Dellacassa E. The effects of Cissampelos pareira extract on envenomation induced by Bothropsdiporus snake venom. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2018; 212:36-42. [PMID: 28943445 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2017.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2017] [Revised: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Ophidian accidents are a serious public health problem in Argentina; the Bothrops species is responsible for 97% of these accidents, and in particular, B. diporus is responsible for 80% of them. In the northeast of the country (Corrientes Provinces), Cissampelos pareira L. (Menispermaceae) is commonly used against the venom of B. diporus; its use is described in almost all ethnobotanical literature from countries where the plant grows. AIM OF THE STUDY In this study, the in vitro and in vivo antivenom activities of C. pareira extracts were evaluated against B. diporus venom, with a particular focus on the local effects associated with envenoming. The seasonal influence on the chemical composition of the active extracts was also studied, in order determine the associated range of variability and its influence on the antivenom activity. MATERIALS AND METHODS This research was conducted using aerial parts (leaves, flowers, tender stems) and roots of Cissampelos pareira collected from two different phytogeographic regions of Corrientes (Argentina); Paso de la Patria and Lomas de Vallejos. In addition, to perform a seasonal analysis and to evaluate the metabolic stability, material was collected at three different growth stages. In vivo and in vitro anti-snake venom activities were tested, and a bio-guided chromatographic separation was performed in order to determine the active chemicals involved. The fractions obtained were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and the chemical profile of the most active constituent was analyzed by ultra high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole/high-resolution mass spectrometry (Q-Orbitrap). (UHPLC-MS). RESULTS The alcoholic extract was found to be the most active The bio-guided fractionation allowed selection one fraction to be analyzed by UHPLC-MS in order to identify the components responsible for the activities found; this identified five possible flavonoids. CONCLUSIONS Our studies of the activity of C. pareira against the venom of B. diporus have confirmed that this species possesses inhibitory effects in both in vitro and in vivo models. Moreover, the present data demonstrate that certain flavonoids may mitigate some of the venom-induced local tissue damage.
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- Bárbara Ricciardi Verrastro
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Av. Libertad 5470, 3400 Corrientes, Argentina.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Av. Libertad 5470, 3400 Corrientes, Argentina.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Av. Libertad 5470, 3400 Corrientes, Argentina.
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- Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Sargento Cabral 2139, 3400 Corrientes, Argentina.
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- Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Sargento Cabral 2139, 3400 Corrientes, Argentina.
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Av General Flores 2124, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay.
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Av General Flores 2124, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay.
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Av General Flores 2124, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay.
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- Centro Trasferimento Tecnologico, Fondazione Edmund Mach di San Michele all'Adige, Via E. Mach 1, 38010-S Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy.
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Grecco SS, Lorenzi H, Tempone AG, Lago JHG. Update: biological and chemical aspects of Nectandra genus (Lauraceae). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2016.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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