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Yang JY, Guo CS, Su L, Xu CX, Li RT, Zhong JD. Four undescribed triterpenes from the aerial parts of Verbena officinalis. Fitoterapia 2023; 170:105670. [PMID: 37690598 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2023.105670] [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: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Verbena officinalis is used as a Chinese folk medicine for the treatment of rheumatism and bronchitis. Herein, four undescribed triterpenes, officinalisoids A-D (1-4), together with thirty-three known compounds (5-37) were isolated from the aerial parts of V. officinalis. The chemical structures of the new compounds were determined by spectrometric data interpretation using NMR, HRESIMS, IR and UV spectroscopy. Biological evaluation results revealed that compound 30 exhibited potential anti-inflammatory activity with IC50 value of 6.07 μM (CC50 > 50 μM) and compound 12 showed moderate anti-dengue virus activity with the IC50 value of 24.55 μM (CC50 > 50 μM).
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- Jia-Ying Yang
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan 650500, People's Republic of China.
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In Vitro Antimelanoma Properties of Verbena officinalis Fractions. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27196329. [PMID: 36234866 PMCID: PMC9571856 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27196329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2022] [Revised: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Verbena officinalis is commonly used in traditional medicine to treat many ailments. Extracts of this plant are therapeutic agents for the potential treatment of different diseases, including colorectal and liver cancers, but have not been explored for their anti-melanoma potential so far. The goal of the current work was to prepare a methanolic extract and fractionate it using hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, butanol, and acetone to get semi-purified products. These semi-purified fractions were studied for their potency against melanoma cell lines. The three potent fractions (HA, VO79, and EA3) demonstrated 50% inhibition concentration (IC50) values as low as 2.85 µg/mL against the LOX IMVI cell line. All three fractions showed similar potency in inhibiting the growth of the B16 cells, a murine melanoma cell line. Based on high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) data, for the first time, we report on lupulone A from this plant. LC-MS data also indicated the presence of hedergonic acid, serjanic acid, and other compounds in V. officinalis extracts.
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Kubica P, Kokotkiewicz A, Malinowska MA, Synowiec A, Gniewosz M, Hussain S, Yaqoob M, Bonn GK, Jakschitz T, Mahmoud EA, El-Abedin TKZ, Elansary HO, Luczkiewicz M, Ekiert H, Szopa A. Phenylpropanoid Glycoside and Phenolic Acid Profiles and Biological Activities of Biomass Extracts from Different Types of Verbena officinalis Microshoot Cultures and Soil-Grown Plant. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11020409. [PMID: 35204291 PMCID: PMC8868826 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11020409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Different types of microshoot cultures (agar, stationary liquid, agitated, and bioreactors) of Verbena officinalis were optimized for biomass growth and the production of phenylpropanoid glycosides and phenolic acids. Using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry, the presence of verbascoside, isoverbascoside, leucoseptoside A/isomers, and cistanoside D/isomer was confirmed in the methanolic extracts obtained from all types of in vitro cultures. The compound’s content was determined by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography. The main metabolites in biomass extracts were verbascoside and isoverbascoside (maximum 4881.61 and 451.80 mg/100 g dry weight (DW)). In the soil-grown plant extract, verbascoside was also dominated (1728.97 mg/100 g DW). The content of phenolic acids in the analyzed extracts was below 24 mg/100 g DW. The highest radical scavenging activity was found in the biomass extract from agitated cultures, the most effective reducing power in agar culture extract, and the highest chelating activity in extract from bioreactor cultures. The extracts showed significantly stronger bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity against Gram-positive bacteria (minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 0.3–2.2 mg/mL and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of 0.6–9 mg/mL) than against Gram-negative bacteria (MIC 0.6–9 mg/mL, MBC of 0.6–18 mg/mL). The biomass extract from liquid stationary culture showed the strongest antibacterial activity, while the extract from soil-grown herb had the lowest.
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- Paweł Kubica
- Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Krakow, Poland;
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- Chair and Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland; (A.K.); (M.L.)
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- Organic Chemistry and Technology Department, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Cracow, Poland;
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- Department of Food Biotechnology and Microbiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences–SGGW, ul. Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland; (A.S.); (M.G.)
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- Department of Food Biotechnology and Microbiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences–SGGW, ul. Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland; (A.S.); (M.G.)
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- ADSI—Austrian Drug Screening Institute GmbH, Innrain 66a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; (S.H.); (M.Y.); (G.K.B.); (T.J.)
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- ADSI—Austrian Drug Screening Institute GmbH, Innrain 66a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; (S.H.); (M.Y.); (G.K.B.); (T.J.)
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- ADSI—Austrian Drug Screening Institute GmbH, Innrain 66a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; (S.H.); (M.Y.); (G.K.B.); (T.J.)
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- ADSI—Austrian Drug Screening Institute GmbH, Innrain 66a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; (S.H.); (M.Y.); (G.K.B.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt;
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- Department of Agriculture & Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt;
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
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- Chair and Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland; (A.K.); (M.L.)
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- Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Krakow, Poland;
- Correspondence: (H.E.); (A.S.); Tel.: +48-12-620-5430 (H.E.); +48-12-620-5436 (A.S.); Fax: +48-620-5440 (H.E. & A.S.)
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- Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Krakow, Poland;
- Correspondence: (H.E.); (A.S.); Tel.: +48-12-620-5430 (H.E.); +48-12-620-5436 (A.S.); Fax: +48-620-5440 (H.E. & A.S.)
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Xu Y, Yang L, Wang L, Chen F. Potential therapeutic effect of Shufeng Jiedu capsule and its major herbs on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A review. Drug Discov Ther 2022; 15:289-299. [PMID: 34980761 DOI: 10.5582/ddt.2021.01099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The outbreak and rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses a huge threat to human health and social stability. Shufeng Jiedu capsule (SFJDC), a patented herbal drug composed of eight medicinal plants, is used to treat different viral respiratory tract infectious diseases. Based on its antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and immunoregulatory activities in acute lung injury, SFJDC can be effectively used as a treatment for COVID-19 patients according to the diagnosis and treatment plan issued in China and existing clinical data. SFJDC has been recommended in 15 therapeutic regimens for COVID-19 in China. This review summarizes current data on the ingredients, chemical composition, pharmacological properties, clinical efficacy, and potential therapeutic effect of SFJDC on COVID-19, to provide a theoretical basis for its anti-viral mechanism and the clinical treatment of COVID-19.
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- Yayun Xu
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,The Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Hefei, China
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- School of food and biological engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China
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- Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,The Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Hefei, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,The Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Hefei, China
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Wang HQ, Ma SG, Zhang D, Li YH, Qu J, Li Y, Liu YB, Yu SS. Oxygenated pentacyclic triterpenoids from the stems and branches of Enkianthus chinensis. Bioorg Chem 2021; 111:104866. [PMID: 33866237 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.104866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Thirty new pentacyclic triterpenoids, including five oleanane-type (1-5), twenty-three ursane-type (9-23, 26-33) and two taraxerane-type (24 and 25), along with fourteen known triterpenoids, were isolated from the stems and branches of Enkianthus chinensis. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analyses, X-ray crystallographic data and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) techniques. Sixteen compounds (1-5, 9-13, 20, 22, 32, 34-36) bearing a gem-hydroxymethyl group at C-4 represent rare examples of pentacyclic triterpenoids. In the in vitro biological activity evaluation, compounds 8, 9, 12-14, 17, 24, and 44 exhibited potent hepatoprotective effects at 10 μM. Moreover, compound 25 showed latent activity against HSV-1 with an IC50 value of 6.4 μM.
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- Hai-Qiang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China.
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Production of Verbascoside, Isoverbascoside and Phenolic Acids in Callus, Suspension, and Bioreactor Cultures of Verbena officinalis and Biological Properties of Biomass Extracts. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25235609. [PMID: 33260609 PMCID: PMC7729923 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25235609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Callus, suspension and bioreactor cultures of Verbena officinalis were established, and optimized for biomass growth and production of phenylpropanoid glycosides, phenolic acids, flavonoids and iridoids. All types of cultures were maintained on/in the Murashige and Skoog (MS) media with 1 mg/L BAP and 1 mg/L NAA. The inoculum sizes were optimized in callus and suspension cultures. Moreover, the growth of the culture in two different types of bioreactors-a balloon bioreactor (BB) and a stirred-tank bioreactor (STB) was tested. In methanolic extracts from biomass of all types of in vitro cultures the presence of the same metabolites-verbascoside, isoverbascoside, and six phenolic acids: protocatechuic, chlorogenic, vanillic, caffeic, ferulic and rosmarinic acids was confirmed and quantified by the HPLC-DAD method. In the extracts from lyophilized culture media, no metabolites were found. The main metabolites in biomass extracts were verbascoside and isoverbascoside. Their maximum amounts in g/100 g DW (dry weight) in the tested types of cultures were as follow: 7.25 and 0.61 (callus), 7.06 and 0.48 (suspension), 7.69 and 0.31 (BB), 9.18 and 0.34 (STB). The amounts of phenolic acids were many times lower, max. total content reached of 26.90, 50.72, 19.88, and 36.78 mg/100 g DW, respectively. The highest content of verbascoside and also a high content of isoverbascoside obtained in STB (stirred-tank bioreactor) were 5.3 and 7.8 times higher than in extracts from overground parts of the parent plant. In the extracts from parent plant two iridoids-verbenalin and hastatoside, were also abundant. All investigated biomass extracts and the extracts from parent plant showed the antiproliferative, antioxidant and antibacterial activities. The strongest activities were documented for the cultures maintained in STB. We propose extracts from in vitro cultured biomass of vervain, especially from STB, as a rich source of bioactive metabolites with antiproliferative, antioxidant and antibacterial properties.
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Kubica P, Szopa A, Dominiak J, Luczkiewicz M, Ekiert H. Verbena officinalis (Common Vervain) - A Review on the Investigations of This Medicinally Important Plant Species. PLANTA MEDICA 2020; 86:1241-1257. [PMID: 32937665 DOI: 10.1055/a-1232-5758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Verbena officinalis (common vervain) is a medicinal plant species widely distributed in the world and commonly used in folk medicine of different countries, including traditional Chinese medicine. Monographs on "Verbenae herba" have been included in the European Pharmacopoeia since 2008, and in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia since 1995. This work presents botanical characteristics of this species. It reviews the current knowledge of its chemical composition, which is a rich source mostly of iridoids, phenylpropanoid glycosides, phenolic acids, flavonoids, terpenoids, and essential oil. A large part of this article summarizes traditional medicinal uses and professional pharmacological in vitro and in vivo studies that prove new important applications, e.g., antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective anticancer, analgesic, or anticonvulsant of verbena herb extracts and individual metabolites. Moreover, emphasis is put on the use of V. officinalis in the food and cosmetics industries, especially due to its antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties, and the presence of essential oil with an attractive fragrance composition. This paper also presents the state of biotechnological studies of this species.
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- Paweł Kubica
- Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Chair and Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Chair and Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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Sisay M, Bussa N, Gashaw T, Mengistu G. Investigating In Vitro Antibacterial Activities of Medicinal Plants Having Folkloric Repute in Ethiopian Traditional Medicine. J Evid Based Integr Med 2020; 24:2515690X19886276. [PMID: 31707813 PMCID: PMC6851602 DOI: 10.1177/2515690x19886276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Medicinal plants are targeted in the search for new antimicrobial agents. Nowadays, there
is an alarmingly increasing antimicrobial resistance to available agents with a very slow
development of new antimicrobials. It is, therefore, necessary to extensively search for
new agents based on the traditional use of herbal medicines as potential source. The
antibacterial activity of 80% methanol extracts of the leaves of Verbena
officinalis (Vo-80ME), Myrtus communis (Mc-80ME), and
Melilotus elegans (Me-80ME) was tested against 6 bacterial isolates
using agar well diffusion technique. In each extract, 3 concentrations of 10, 20, and 40
mg/well were tested for each bacterium. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and
minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) were also determined. Vo-80ME and Mc-80ME
exhibited promising antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus
with the highest zone of inhibition being 18.67 and 26.16 mm, respectively at
concentration of 40 mg/well. Regarding gram-negative bacteria, Vo-80ME exhibited an
appreciable activity against Escherichia coli and Salmonella
typhi. Mc-80ME displayed remarkable activity against all isolates including
Pseudomonas aeruginosa with the maximum zone of inhibition being 22.83
mm. Me-80ME exhibited better antibacterial activity against E coli, but
its secondary metabolites had little or no activity against other gram-negative isolates.
The MIC values of Vo-80ME ranged from 0.16 to 4.00 mg/mL. The lowest MIC was observed in
Mc-80ME, with the value being 0.032 mg/mL. Mc-80ME had bactericidal activity against all
tested bacterial isolates. Mc-80ME showed remarkable zone of inhibitions in all tested
bacterial isolates. Besides, Vo-80ME showed good antibacterial activity against S
aureus, E coli, and S typhi. Conversely,
Me-80ME has shown good activity against E coli only. Generally, M
communis L and V officinalis have good MIC and MBC
results.
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- Mekonnen Sisay
- School of Pharmacy, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
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- Food Science and Post-harvest Technology, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
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- School of Pharmacy, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wollo University, Dessie, Amhara, Ethiopia
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Bekara A, Amazouz A, Douma TB. Evaluating the Antidepressant Effect of Verbena officinalis L. (Vervain) Aqueous Extract in Adult Rats. Basic Clin Neurosci 2020; 11:91-98. [PMID: 32483479 PMCID: PMC7253814 DOI: 10.32598/bcn.11.1.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Revised: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Introduction: The present study aimed to investigate the antidepressant effect of Verbena (V.) officinalis L. aqueous extract in adult female rats. Methods: The present study evaluated the antidepressant effect of V. officinalis L. aqueous (V AE) extract in female rats using the Forced-Swimming Test (FST), Light-Dark Box (LDB) test, and Open Field Test (OFT). The level of glycemia and histological analysis were also studied. The VAE [200 mg/kg Parenterally (PO)] was administered orally for 7 successive days in the separate groups of rats. Results: The oral administration of V. officinalis L. aqueous extract significantly decreased (P< 0.01) the immobility time in the FST, increased the time spent in the light area (LDB), and the number of entry into the central squares (OFT). Thus, the extract at a dose of 200 mg/kg significantly decreased the glycemia level (P<0.05) and suggested no harmful effect on brain histology. Conclusion: Verbena officinalis L. aqueous extract at a dose of 200 mg/kg could have an anti-depressant effect in adult rats.
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- Amina Bekara
- Laboratory of Natural BioResources, University of Hassiba Benbouali, Chlef, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Natural BioResources, University of Hassiba Benbouali, Chlef, Algeria
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Zhang ZX, Feng K, Sui XJ, Wang WS, Wang L, Wang DH, Luo XM, Chen XF. New triterpenoids from Staphylea bumalda flower buds and their neuroprotective activity against H 2O 2-induced injury in vitro. Arch Pharm Res 2018; 41:1162-1169. [PMID: 30378038 DOI: 10.1007/s12272-018-1086-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Four new acylated triterpene glycosides with aliphatic chains (4-7) as well as five known triterpenoids were isolated from the flower buds of Staphylea bumalda with bioassay guidance. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectral techniques, including IR, 1D and 2D NMR, and HR-APCI-MS. Most compounds (except 8) were isolated from S. bumalda for the first time. Additionally, the neuroprotective effects of 1 and 4-9 on suckling rat primary cultured hippocampal neurons against H2O2-induced injury were evaluated in vitro. The four new triterpenoids (4-7) showed neuroprotective effects, which increased the cell viability to over 74% at different concentrations, which was higher than the negative control (59%), while compounds 1 and 8-9 exhibited cytotoxic activity.
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- Zheng-Xi Zhang
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China. .,Experimental Centre of Chemistry, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China. .,Beijing Engineering Research Centre of Food, Environment and Public Health, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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Covering: 2013. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2015, 29, 1028-1065This review covers the isolation and structure determination of triterpenoids reported during 2013 including squalene derivatives, lanostanes, holostanes, cycloartanes, cucurbitanes, dammaranes, euphanes, tirucallanes, tetranortriterpenoids, quassinoids, lupanes, oleananes, friedelanes, ursanes, hopanes, serratanes, isomalabaricanes and saponins; 350 references are cited.
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- Robert A Hill
- School of Chemistry, Glasgow University, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
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Akour A, Kasabri V, Afifi FU, Bulatova N. The use of medicinal herbs in gynecological and pregnancy-related disorders by Jordanian women: a review of folkloric practice vs. evidence-based pharmacology. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2016; 54:1901-1918. [PMID: 26911517 DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2015.1113994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2015] [Revised: 10/20/2015] [Accepted: 10/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Context National statistical reports in Jordan indicate a decrease in the total fertility rate along with a parallel increase in contraceptive use. The folkloric use of medicinal herbs in gynecological disorders has been growing in Jordan, despite of deficient reports on the evidence-based safety and efficacy of these practices. Objective The aim of this comprehensive article is to review medicinal plants with claimed ethnonpharmacological usage in various gynecological and pregnancy-related issues in Jordan, and to assess their evidence-based pharmacological studies as well as their phytochemistry. Methods The published literature was surveyed using Google Scholar entering the terms "ethnopharmacology AND Jordan AND infertility AND gynecology OR gestation". We included ethnopharmacological surveys in Jordan with available full-text. Results Twelve articles were reviewed. Plant species which are commonly used for female gynecological issues such as Artemisia monosperma Del. and A. herba-alba Asso. (Asteraceae) have been found to exert an antifertility effect. Ricinus communis L. (Euphorbiaceae) and Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. (Cucurbitaceae) had antifertility effects in male rats, but Nigella sativa oil L. (Ranunculaceae) and Cinnamon zeylanicum J. Presl (Lauraceae) were found to enhance it. Conclusion Using plants for gynecological disorders is a common practice in Jordan. Many of them, whether utilised for gynecological or non-gynecological conditions equally, were found to have detrimental effects on female or male fertility. Thus, couples planning pregnancy should be discouraged from the consumption of these herbs. Further local studies are warranted to confirm the appreciable beneficial pharmacological effects and safety of these plants.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Ethnopharmacology
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Female
- Fertility/drug effects
- Folklore
- Genital Diseases, Female/drug therapy
- Genital Diseases, Female/epidemiology
- Humans
- Infertility, Female/chemically induced
- Infertility, Female/epidemiology
- Infertility, Female/physiopathology
- Infertility, Male/chemically induced
- Infertility, Male/epidemiology
- Infertility, Male/physiopathology
- Jordan/epidemiology
- Male
- Medicine, Traditional
- Phytotherapy
- Plant Preparations/adverse effects
- Plant Preparations/therapeutic use
- Plants, Medicinal
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications/drug therapy
- Pregnancy Complications/epidemiology
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Factors
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Affiliation(s)
- Amal Akour
- a Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan , Amman , Jordan
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- a Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan , Amman , Jordan
| | - Fatma U Afifi
- a Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan , Amman , Jordan
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- a Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan , Amman , Jordan
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Kou WZ, Yang J, Yang QH, Wang Y, Wang ZF, Xu SL, Liu J. Study on in-vivo anti-tumor activity of Verbena officinalis extract. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF TRADITIONAL, COMPLEMENTARY, AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES : AJTCAM 2013; 10:512-7. [PMID: 24146482 PMCID: PMC3777594 DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v10i3.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We investigated the anti-tumor effects of Verbena officinalis extract on H22 tumor-bearing mice and its effect on immune function. Mice model of H22 solid tumor was established, the mice were divided into five groups and administered the extract, later, tumors were removed and inhibition rates were calculated; spleens were removed and spleen indices were calculated, and the sheep red blood cell-delayed-type hypersensitivity (SRBC-DTH) and the serum hemolysin level were determined. The Verbena officinalis extract had anti-tumor effect, with the inhibition rate reaching 38.78%, it also increased the spleen index to a certain extent, in addition, the changes in DTA and HA were not obvious compared with the model group. The Verbena officinalis extract had in vivo anti-tumor effect, while causing no damage on the immune function.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wei-Zheng Kou
- Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui 453100, Henan, China
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