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Semiz A. Drug interaction potential of Ankaferd blood stopper® in human hepatocarcinoma cells. Turk J Med Sci 2023; 53:455-462. [PMID: 37476879 PMCID: PMC10388094 DOI: 10.55730/1300-0144.5605] [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: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Ankaferd blood stopper® (ABS) is an herbal extract consisting of mixtures of Alpinia officinarum, Gycyrrhiza glabra, Vitis vinifera, Thymus vulgaris, and Urtica dioica plants and has been used in recent years in Turkish medicine as a hemostatic agent. Despite its extensive usage, there is no information available about the drug interaction in HepG2 cells. The current work evaluated the effect of ABS on the expression of CYP1A1-1A2, CYP2E1, and CYP3A4 isozymes that are primarily involved in drug and carcinogen metabolism. METHODS We selected HepG2 cells as in vitro cellular models of the human liver. The cells were treated with different concentrations of ABS [0.25%-40% (v/v)]. A crystal violet staining assay was used to determine the cytotoxicity of ABS. We examined drug-metabolizing enzymes, including 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (CYP1A1), 7-methoxyresorufin O-demethylase (CYP1A2), aniline 4-hydroxylase (CYP2E1), and erythromycin N-demethylase (CYP3A4), in vitro in HepG2 cells. The expression (mRNA, protein) levels of drug-metabolizing enzymes were analyzed by qPCR and Western blotting, respectively. RESULTS The EC05 and EC10 values for ABS were 0.37% and 0.52% (v/v), respectively. Therefore, 0.37% and 0.52% (v/v) doses were used for the remaining portion of this study. Investigation of the expression and activity levels revealed that CYP1A1-1A2, CYP2E1, and CYP3A4 activities were not affected by ABS significantly, with qPCR and Western blot results corroborating this result. DISCUSSION Our study found that the activity, mRNA, and protein expression levels of CYP isozymes did not change with the application of ABS, suggesting that when humans are exposed to ABS, there may not be any risk associated with clinical drug toxicity, cancer formation, and drug metabolism disorders in humans.
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- Aslı Semiz
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
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Multifaceted Factors Causing Conflicting Outcomes in Herb-Drug Interactions. Pharmaceutics 2020; 13:pharmaceutics13010043. [PMID: 33396770 PMCID: PMC7824553 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13010043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2020] [Revised: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Metabolic enzyme and/or transporter-mediated pharmacokinetic (PK) changes in a drug caused by concomitant herbal products have been a primary issue of herb and drug interactions (HDIs), because PK changes of a drug may result in the alternation of efficacy and toxicity. Studies on HDIs have been carried out by predictive in vitro and in vivo preclinical studies, and clinical trials. Nevertheless, the discrepancies between predictive data and the clinical significance on HDIs still exist, and different reports of HDIs add to rather than clarify the confusion regarding the use of herbal products and drug combinations. Here, we briefly review the underlying mechanisms causing PK-based HDIs, and more importantly summarize challenging issues, such as dose and treatment period effects, to be considered in study designs and interpretations of HDI evaluations.
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Gulumian M, Yahaya ES, Steenkamp V. African Herbal Remedies with Antioxidant Activity: A Potential Resource Base for Wound Treatment. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE : ECAM 2018; 2018:4089541. [PMID: 30595712 PMCID: PMC6282146 DOI: 10.1155/2018/4089541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Revised: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The use of traditional herbal remedies as alternative medicine plays an important role in Africa since it forms part of primary health care for treatment of various medical conditions, including wounds. Although physiological levels of free radicals are essential to the healing process, they are known to partly contribute to wound chronicity when in excess. Consequently, antioxidant therapy has been shown to facilitate healing of such wounds. Also, a growing body of evidence suggests that, at least, part of the therapeutic value of herbals may be explained by their antioxidant activity. This paper reviews African herbal remedies with antioxidant activity with the aim of indicating potential resources for wound treatment. Firstly, herbals with identified antioxidant compounds and, secondly, herbals with proven antioxidant activity, but where the compound(s) responsible for the activity has not yet been identified, are listed. In the latter case it has been attempted to ascribe the activity to a compound known to be present in the plant family and/or species, where related activity has previously been documented for another genus of the species. Also, the tests employed to assess antioxidant activity and the potential caveats thereof during assessment are briefly commented on.
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- Mary Gulumian
- National Institute for Occupational Health, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Haematology and Molecular Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Pompermaier L, Heiss EH, Alilou M, Mayr F, Monizi M, Lautenschlaeger T, Schuster D, Schwaiger S, Stuppner H. Dihydrochalcone Glucosides from the Subaerial Parts of Thonningia sanguinea and Their in Vitro PTP1B Inhibitory Activities. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2018; 81:2091-2100. [PMID: 30207720 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Six new and four known dihydrochalcone glucoside derivatives (1-10), the phenylpropanoid coniferin (11), and the lignans (+)-pinoresinol (12) and lariciresinol (13) were isolated from the subaerial plant parts of Thonningia sanguinea in the course of a screening campaign for new antidiabetic lead compounds. The structures of the new substances were elucidated by HRESIMS, NMR, GC-MS, and ECD data evaluation. 2'- O-(3-Galloyl-4,6- O- Sa-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-β-d-glucopyranosyl)-3-hydroxyphloretin (4), 2'- O-(4,6- O- Sa-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-β-d-glucopyranosyl)phloretin (5), 2'- O-(3- O-galloyl-4,6- O- Sa-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-β-d-glucopyranosyl)phloretin (6), and thonningianin B (9) showed moderate protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B inhibition in an enzyme assay (IC50 values ranging from 19 to 25 μM), whereas thonningianin A (10) was identified as a more potent inhibitor (IC50 = 4.4 μM). The observed activity differences could be explained by molecular docking experiments. The activity of 10 could further be confirmed in HEPG2 liver carcinoma cells, where the compound was able to increase the level of phosphorylated insulin receptors in a concentration-dependent manner.
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- Luca Pompermaier
- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80/82 , Innsbruck 6020 , Austria
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Life Sciences , University of Vienna , Althanstrasse 14 , Vienna 1090 , Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80/82 , Innsbruck 6020 , Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80/82 , Innsbruck 6020 , Austria
- Institute of Pharmacy/Computer-aided Molecular Design Group, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80/82 , Innsbruck 6020 , Austria
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- Universidade Kimpa Vita , Province of Uíge, Rua Henrique Freitas No. 1, Bairro Popular , Uíge , Angola
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Botany, Faculty of Science , Technische Universität Dresden , Zellescher Weg 20 , 01217 Dresden , Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Computer-aided Molecular Design Group, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80/82 , Innsbruck 6020 , Austria
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy , Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg , Strubergasse 21 , 5020 Salzburg , Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80/82 , Innsbruck 6020 , Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80/82 , Innsbruck 6020 , Austria
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Thomford AK, Ahmed Abdelhameed RF, Yamada K. Chemical studies on the parasitic plant Thonningia sanguinea Vahl. RSC Adv 2018; 8:21002-21011. [PMID: 35542344 PMCID: PMC9080861 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra03913e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A detailed first-time report on plant sterols and one flavanone characterized from Thonningia sanguinea provides significant evidence for its ethnomedicinal usage.
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- Ama Kyeraa Thomford
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Nagasaki University
- Nagasaki 852-8521
- Japan
- Department of Biomedical Sciences
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Nagasaki University
- Nagasaki 852-8521
- Japan
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Ma BL, Ma YM. Pharmacokinetic herb–drug interactions with traditional Chinese medicine: progress, causes of conflicting results and suggestions for future research. Drug Metab Rev 2016; 48:1-26. [DOI: 10.3109/03602532.2015.1124888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Celik G, Semiz A, Karakurt S, Gencler-Ozkan AM, Arslan S, Adali O, Sen A. Inhibitory action of Epilobium hirsutum extract and its constituent ellagic acid on drug-metabolizing enzymes. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2014; 41:109-16. [PMID: 25425117 DOI: 10.1007/s13318-014-0238-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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Epilobium hirsutum (EH) is a medicinal plant for treating various diseases. Despite its wide usage, there is no available information about its potential influences on drug metabolism. The present study was undertaken to determine the in vivo effects of EH on hepatic CYP2B, CYP2C, CYP2D, and CYP3A enzymes that are primarily involved in drug metabolism. Male Wistar rats were injected intraperitoneally with EH water extract (EHWE) and ellagic acid (EA) at a daily dose of 37.5 and 20 mg/kg, respectively, for 9 days and hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes were assessed at activity, protein and mRNA levels. Erythromycin N-demethylase activity was inhibited by 53 and 21 % in EHWE- and EA-treated rats, respectively. Benzphetamine N-demethylase and 7-benzyloxyresorufin-O-debenzylase activities were decreased by 53 and 43 %, and 57 and 57 % in EHWE-and EA-treated rats, respectively. Moreover, protein levels of CYP2B1, CYP2C6, CYP2D2, and CYP3A1 also decreased by 55, 15, 33, and 82 % as a result of EHWE treatment of rats, respectively. Similarly, CYP2B1, CYP2C6, CYP2D2, and CYP3A1 protein levels decreased by 62, 63, 49, and 37 % with EA treatment, respectively. qRT-PCR analyses also showed that mRNA levels of these enzymes were significantly inhibited with bothEHWE and EA treatments. In conclusion, inhibition of drug clearances leading to drug toxicity because of the lowered activity and expression of drug-metabolizing enzymes might be observed in the people who used EH as complementary herbal remedy that might be contributed by its EA content.
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- Gurbet Celik
- Department of Biology, Pamukkale University, 20070, Kinikli-Denizli, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Pamukkale University, 20070, Kinikli-Denizli, Turkey
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- Department of Biechemistry, Faculty of Science, Selcuk University, Z-11, Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Pamukkale University, 20070, Kinikli-Denizli, Turkey
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Joint Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Pamukkale University, 20070, Kinikli-Denizli, Turkey.
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Liu Z, Gao W, Man S, Wang J, Li N, Yin S, Wu S, Liu C. Pharmacological evaluation of sedative-hypnotic activity and gastro-intestinal toxicity of Rhizoma Paridis saponins. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2012; 144:67-72. [PMID: 22960390 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2011] [Revised: 07/31/2012] [Accepted: 08/16/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Rhizoma Paridis saponins (RPS) have been well studied for antimicrobial, anti-hemorrhagic, and anticancer effects. However, scientific information on RPS regarding the toxic and neuropharmacological effects is limited. In this study, the acute oral toxicity, sedative-hypnotic activity and gastro-intestinal toxicity of RPS were investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS The acute toxicity was carried out by administering single doses (800-5000 mg/kg) of RPS to adult mice. Rotarod test and sodium pentobarbital-induced hypnosis activity were used to evaluate the neuropharmacological effects on mice. Gastric emptying and intestinal transit were used to investigate the gastric-intestinal system effects. RESULTS A single oral administration of RPS dose-dependently caused adverse effects on the general behavior and mortality rate of mice. LD(50) value of oral acute toxicity was 2182.4 mg/kg, with 95% confidence limit of 1718.4-2807.8 mg/kg. In the test of sleeping mice, RPS acted in synergy with sodium pentobarbital at doses 250 and 500 mg/kg while motor coordination was not influenced within 120 min after treatment with RPS. Regarding the gastric-intestinal toxicity, RPS (100, 250, and 500 mg/kg) significantly inhibited gastric emptying but did not affect the intestinal transit. CONCLUSIONS RPS, which is a hypotoxic anticancer drug, possesses the sedative-hypnotic activity and gastric stimulus side effect.
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- Zhen Liu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China
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Mukherjee PK, Ponnusankar S, Pandit S, Hazam PK, Ahmmed M, Mukherjee K. Botanicals as medicinal food and their effects on drug metabolizing enzymes. Food Chem Toxicol 2011; 49:3142-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2011] [Revised: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Antinociceptive activity of the chloroform fraction of Dioclea virgata (Rich.) Amshoff (Fabaceae) in mice. J Biomed Biotechnol 2011; 2011:342816. [PMID: 21776190 PMCID: PMC3135975 DOI: 10.1155/2011/342816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2011] [Revised: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 05/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Acute treatment with the chloroform fraction of Dioclea virgata (Rich.) Amshoff (CFDv) in mice produced decreased ambulation and sedation in the behavioral pharmacological screening. Doses of 125 and 250 mg/kg CFDv decreased latency of sleep onset in the test of sleeping time potentiation. In the open field, animals treated with CFDv reduced ambulation and rearing (250 mg/kg), as well as defecation (125; 250 mg/kg). Regarding the antinociceptive activity, CFDv (125, 250, 500 mg/kg) increased latency to first writhing and decreased the number of writhings induced by acetic acid. In the formalin test, CFDv (250 mg/kg) decreased paw licking time in the first and second phases indicating antinociceptive activity that can be mediated both peripherally and at the central level. CFDv did not affect motor coordination until 120 minutes after treatment. CFDv shows psychopharmacological effects suggestive of CNS-depressant drugs with promising antinociceptive activity.
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Olanya CA, Eilu G. Host-parasite relations of an angiospermous root parasite (Thonningia sanguineaVahl) in logged and unlogged sites of Budongo forest reserve, western Uganda. Afr J Ecol 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.01005.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chan WH, Liao JW, Chou CP, Chan PK, Wei CF, Ueng TH. Induction of CYP1A1, 2B, 2E1 and 3A in rat liver by organochlorine pesticide dicofol. Toxicol Lett 2009; 190:150-5. [PMID: 19595748 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Revised: 06/30/2009] [Accepted: 07/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The present study has determined the ability of dicofol, an organochlorine pesticide, to induce cytochrome P450 using rats treated with 1, 10, and 25mg/kg dicofol intraperitoneally for 4 days. Treatments with 10 and 25mg/kg dicofol produced dose-related increases of cytochrome P450 and cytochrome b(5) contents and NADPH-cytochrome c reductase, 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase, pentoxyresorufin O-dealkylase, aniline hydroxylase, and erythromycin N-demethylase activities in liver microsomes. The treatments also increased glutathione S-transferase and superoxide dismutase activities in liver cytosol. Dicofol at 1mg/kg produced a general trend towards increases of the aforementioned enzyme levels. The results of immunoblot analyses showed that 10 and 25mg/kg dicofol increased protein levels of CYP1A1, CYP2B, CYP2E1, and 3A in liver. RT-PCR data indicated that dicofol induced mRNA expression of liver CYP1A1, CYP2B, and CYP3A. Pretreatments of rats with 10 and 25mg/kg dicofol decreased phenobarbital-induced sleeping time by 34% and 39%, respectively. Dicofol pretreatment at 25mg/kg increased CCl4-induced serum alanine aminotransferase activity by 4.3-fold and aspartate aminotransferase activity by 4.1-fold. The present study demonstrates that dicofol has the ability to induce CYP1A1, CYP2B, CYP2E1, and CYP3A in the liver and increase phenobarbital metabolism and CCl4 toxicity in rats.
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- Wei-Hung Chan
- Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 1 Jen Ai Road, Section 1, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Antibacterial activity of Thonningia sanguinea against some multi-drug resistant strains of Salmonella enterica. Afr Health Sci 2007; 7:155-8. [PMID: 18052869 DOI: 10.5555/afhs.2007.7.3.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The emergence of strains of S.enterica with multiple drug resistance (MDR) is of great concern worldwide.The extracts of flowers of Thonningia sanguinea are used in traditional medicine in Ivory Coast to treat diarrhoeal diseases including salmonellosis. Previous studies had shown inhibition of the MDR strain Salmonella Enteritidis lysotype 6. OBJECTIVES The present study focused to investigate the effect of the extract of the flowers of Thonningia sanguinea on some clinical MDR strains of Salmonella namely S. Tyhpi, S. Typhimurium, S. Hadar and a sensitive strain (S. Enteritidis). METHODS The antimicrobial parameters were determined by double dilution with agar slant method. This method led us to determine MIC, IC50 and MBC. RESULTS The MDR strain of S.Typhimurium presented the highest MIC (2.5 mg/ml) whereas the other two MDR strains (S. Hadar, S. Typhi) and the sensitive one (S. Enteritidis) had the same MIC (1.25 mg/ml). The four strains presented the same MBC (2.5 mg/ml). The MDR strain of S. Typhi is the most susceptible strain to the aqueous extract of the flowers of Thonningia sanguinea according to The IC50 values. CONCLUSIONS The aqueous extract of Thonningia sanguinea can provide an alternative therapy for the treatment of salmonellosis, mainly for typhoid fever caused by MDR strains of S Typhi. The extract also inhibits S.Hadar a MDR emerging strain in Ivory Coast.
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Eva González-Trujano M, Tapia E, López-Meraz L, Navarrete A, Reyes-Ramírez A, Martínez A. Anticonvulsant effect of Annona diversifolia Saff. and palmitone on penicillin-induced convulsive activity. A behavioral and EEG study in rats. Epilepsia 2007; 47:1810-7. [PMID: 17116019 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00827.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate hypnotic and anticonvulsant activities of Annona diversifolia Saff. and palmitone by using behavior and electroencephalographic (EEG) analysis in an experimental model of focal seizures in rats. METHODS For hypnotic assessment, EEG analysis of polysomnographic slow-wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep for a 1 h period were performed after vehicle, A. diversifolia extract or palmitone, administration. For anticonvulsant effect, 60 minutes after treatments, EEG and behavior were analyzed during penicillin-induced seizures. Latency to the onset of the first paroxystic spike, first seizure and frequency, as well as seizure severity using Racine's scale, were determined. RESULTS Palmitone, but not A. diversifolia extract, produced a delay in the latency to the SWS phase. In addition, both palmitone and extract decreased SWS duration and accumulated REM sleep phase. With regard to the seizures, both the extract and palmitone increased the latency to the onset of spikes and seizures, but also decreased the duration of penicillin-induced seizures. This reduction in the EEG recordings was associated with an attenuation in the severity of behavioral seizures. CONCLUSIONS A. diversifolia and palmitone did not produce a sedative-hypnotic effect although both of them were effective in reducing the severity of behavioral and EEG seizures induced by penicillin in rats, suggesting that the diminution in the paroxystic activity by A. diversifolia is likely produced by palmitone through GABAergic neurotransmission. This study justifies and reinforces the traditional use of this plant in epilepsy.
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- Ma Eva González-Trujano
- Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría "Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz", Calz. México-Xochimilco 101, Col. Sn Lorenzo Huipulco, 14370 México, D. F. México
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Aguirre-Hernández E, Martínez AL, González-Trujano ME, Moreno J, Vibrans H, Soto-Hernández M. Pharmacological evaluation of the anxiolytic and sedative effects of Tilia americana L. var. mexicana in mice. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2007; 109:140-5. [PMID: 16930893 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2006] [Revised: 07/06/2006] [Accepted: 07/16/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The anxiolytic and sedative effects of Tilia americana L. var. mexicana (Schltdl.) Hardin inflorescence extracts and its acute toxicity were tested. Sodium pentobarbital (SP)-induced hypnosis potentiation (SPP), as well as ambulatory activity and anti-anxiety response in three different experimental models were evaluated with hexane and methanol extracts in mice. In order to determine the proper timing of assessments and to identify the most active extract, a 100mg/kg dosage of hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol crude extracts were tested on SPP after 15, 30 and 60min of the administration. Then a dose-response curve was made for the hexane (10-1000mg/kg) and methanol (10-300mg/kg) extracts in all experimental models. Both extracts produced a significant and dose-dependent lengthening in the time of SP, with the methanol extract being more potent than the hexane extract at 60min after administration. Moreover, a significant and dose-dependent attenuation in the anxiety-response in the plus-maze test and exploratory cylinder activity, but also a diminution in the ambulatory activity and in the head dipping response were observed resembling the response to diazepam. Acute toxicity was observed with less dose of methanol extract (LD(50)=375mg/kg) in comparison to the hexane extract (LD(50)>2900mg/kg). Results of the present study shows that Tilia americana var. mexicana possesses depressant activity on the CNS similar to the better-studied species of European Tilia and reinforces its use as anxiolytic and sedative in traditional medicine.
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- E Aguirre-Hernández
- Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Calz. México-Xochimilco No. 101, Col. Sn Lorenzo Huipulco, Delegación Tlalpan 14370, México, D.F., México
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Duarte FS, Duzzioni M, Mendes BG, Pizzolatti MG, De Lima TCM. Participation of dihydrostyryl-2-pyrones and styryl-2-pyrones in the central effects of Polygala sabulosa (Polygalaceae), a folk medicine topical anesthetic. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2007; 86:150-61. [PMID: 17275892 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2006] [Revised: 12/20/2006] [Accepted: 12/22/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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This study was undertaken to evaluate the psychopharmacological effects in mice of the hydroethanolic extract (HE), aqueous, hexane and ethyl acetate (EA) fractions, and 6-methoxy-7-prenyloxycoumarin, three dihydrostyryl-2-pyrones and three styryl-2-pyrones isolated from Polygala sabulosa (Polygalaceae), a folk medicine used as a topical anesthetic. In the elevated plus-maze test (EPM), the HE of P. sabulosa and its EA induced an increase in the percentage of time spent on, and in the frequency of entries into the open arms, as well as in the number of unprotected head-dipping, besides a reduction in protected stretch-attend postures, thus indicating an anxiolytic-like profile of action for this plant species. In the hypnosis test, HE and EA enhanced the duration of pentobarbital-induced sleep, a hypnosedative effect confirmed in ethyl ether-induced hypnosis. Moreover, both preparations reduced the duration of the first convulsion induced by pentylenetetrazol, besides decreasing the severity of the seizures. The dihydrostyryl-2-pyrones (1) and (3) as well as styryl-2-pyrones (4) and (7), centrally administered, showed a similar anxiolytic-like effect in the EPM test, while the dihydrostyryl-2-pyrone (2) and styryl-2-pyrone (5) were inactive at the doses used here. These results suggest that P. sabulosa is a herbal medicine which possesses anxiolytic-like, hypnosedative and anticonvulsant effects, and these central effects can be attributed to the presence of the dihydrostyryl-2-pyrone and styryl-2-pyrone compounds.
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- Filipe Silveira Duarte
- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88049-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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Gonzalez-Trujano ME, Carrera D, Ventura-Martinez R, Cedillo-Portugal E, Navarrete A. Neuropharmacological profile of an ethanol extract of Ruta chalepensis L. in mice. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2006; 106:129-35. [PMID: 16442764 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2005] [Revised: 12/01/2005] [Accepted: 12/15/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The effects of an ethanol extract of the aerial parts of Ruta chalepensis on the central nervous system (CNS) and LD(50) determination were studied in mice. A crude extract was given systemically and its effects were tested on pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced seizures, sodium pentobarbital-induced hypnosis, exploratory activity, anxiety and nociception. Results from the experimental models tested showed: (1) a delay in the onset of seizures and a dose-dependent suppression in the tonic phase and mortality induced by PTZ; (2) a prolongation of the time of sodium pentobarbital-induced hypnosis; (3) a significant attenuation in the anxiety-response and (4) a reduction in the licking time and shaking behavior in the formalin-induced nociception test. The sedative-hypnotic potentiation, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant and antinociceptive effects suggest that Ruta chalepensis induces a depressant activity on the CNS.
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- M E Gonzalez-Trujano
- Direccion de Investigaciones en Neurociencias del Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria Ramon de la Fuente, Calz. Mexico-Xochimilco 101, Col. Sn Lorenzo Huipulco, 14370 Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
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Shinno E, Shimoji M, Imaizumi N, Kinoshita S, Sunakawa H, Aniya Y. Activation of rat liver microsomal glutathione S-transferase by gallic acid. Life Sci 2005; 78:99-106. [PMID: 16125204 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2005] [Accepted: 04/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The effect of phenolic antioxidants on the rat liver microsomal glutathione S-transferase (MGST1) was investigated in vitro. When microsomes were incubated with various polyphenolic antioxidants, gallic acid (3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid) markedly increased MGST1 activity and the increase was prevented in the presence of superoxide dismutase (SOD) or catalase. The MGST1 activity increased by gallic acid was decreased by further incubation with sodium arsenite, a sulfenic acid reducing agent, but was not with dithiothreitol, a disulfide bond reducing agent. The incubation of microsomes with gallic acid in the presence of the NADPH generating system which generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) through cytochrome P-450 system increased the MGST1activity in spite of scavenging the ROS and the increase was also depressed by SOD/catalase. The increase of MGST1 activity by gallic acid was prevented by co-incubation with a stable radical, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl or ferric chloride. These results suggest that the gallic acid acts as a pro-oxidant and activates MGST1 through oxidative modification of the enzyme.
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- Etsuki Shinno
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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Gyamfi MA, Ohtani II, Shinno E, Aniya Y. Inhibition of glutathione S-transferases by thonningianin A, isolated from the African medicinal herb, Thonningia sanguinea, in vitro. Food Chem Toxicol 2004; 42:1401-8. [PMID: 15234070 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2004.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2003] [Accepted: 04/01/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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There is evidence that increased expression of glutathione S-transferase (EC: 2.5.1.18, GST) is involved in resistance of tumor cells against chemotherapeutic agents. In this study we investigated the inhibitory effects of thonningianin A (Th A), a novel antioxidant isolated from the medicinal herb, Thonningia sanguinea on uncharacterized rat liver GST and human GST P1-1. Using 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) as substrate, rat liver cytosolic GST activity was inhibited by Th A in a concentration dependent manner with 50% inhibition concentration (IC50) of 1.1 microM. When Th A was compared with known potent GST inhibitors the order of inhibition was tannic acid>cibacron blue>hematin>Th A>ethacrynic acid with CDNB as substrate. Th A also exhibited non-competitive inhibition towards both CDNB and glutathione. Furthermore, using 1,2-dichloro-4-nitrobenzene, ethacrynic acid and 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenoxy) propane as substrates Th A at 1.0 microM inhibited cytosolic GST by 2%, 12% and 36% respectively. Human GST P1-1 was also inhibited by Th A with an IC50 of 3.6 microM. While Th A showed competitive inhibition towards CDNB it exhibited non-competitive inhibition towards GSH of the human GST P1-1. These results suggest that Th A represents a new potent GST in vitro inhibitor.
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- Maxwell Afari Gyamfi
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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Gyamfi MA, Tanaka T, Aniya Y. Selective suppression of cytochrome P450 gene expression by the medicinal herb, Thonningia sanguinea in rat liver. Life Sci 2004; 74:1723-37. [PMID: 14741731 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.07.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The effect of the administration of Thonningia sanguinea (T. S.) on the abundance of individual components of the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase enzyme was examined using Western blotting and competitive reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We also investigated the time-course of inhibition of T. S. on drug metabolizing enzymes. A single intraperitoneal dose of T. S. extract (5 ml/kg) suppressed CYP, cytochrome b5 and NADPH-CYP reductase activity by 45%, 34% and 22% respectively 24 h after T. S. administration. While T. S. did not have any significant effect on microsomal glutathione S-transferase activity, it inhibited p-nitrophenol hydroxylase (PNPH, CYP2E1) and 7-methoxyresorufin O-demethylase (MROD, CYP 1A2) activities by 37% and 32% respectively at 12 h post-T. S. administration. PNPH, erythromycin N-demethylase (ERDM, CYP 3A1/2) and MROD activities were inhibited by 28-36% 24 h after T. S. injection. Consistent with these observations, the levels of CYP2E1, CYP1A2 and CYP3A2 proteins were also suppressed 24 h post-T. S. administration. While CYP2E1 mRNA was unaffected by T. S. administration, CYP1A2 and CYP3A2 mRNAs were decreased by T. S. Cytosolic glutathione S-transferase activity was increased by 30%, 6 h after T. S injection. These data demonstrate that administration of T. S. differentially affect CYP isoforms in the liver of rats and that T. S. selectively suppresses CYP3A2 and CYP1A2 gene expression.
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- Maxwell Afari Gyamfi
- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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Gyamfi MA, Aniya Y. Antioxidant properties of Thonningianin A, isolated from the African medicinal herb, Thonningia sanguinea. Biochem Pharmacol 2002; 63:1725-37. [PMID: 12007576 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(02)00915-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The antioxidant properties of Thonningianin A (Th A), an ellagitannin, isolated from the methanolic extract of the African medicinal herb, Thonningia sanguinea were studied using the NADPH and Fe2+/ascorbate-induced lipid peroxidation (LPO), electron spin resonance spectrometer and the deoxyribose assay. Th A at 10 microM inhibited both the NADPH and Fe2+/ascorbate-induced LPO in rat liver microsomes by 60% without inhibitory effects on cytochrome P450 activity. Th A was similar to the synthetic antioxidant, tannic acid, as an inhibitor of both the NADPH and Fe2+/ascorbate-induced LPO but potent than gallic acid, vitamin C and vitamin E. While Th A poorly scavenged the hydroxyl radical generated by the Fenton reaction it dose-dependently scavenged 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, superoxide anion and peroxyl radicals with IC50 of 7.5, 10 and 30 microM, respectively. Furthermore, Th A showed inhibitory effects on the activity of xanthine oxidase with an IC50 of 30 microM. In the deoxyribose assay both T. sanguinea and its methanolic component Th A showed only site-specific (Fe3+ + H2O2) but not non-site-specific (Fe3+ + EDTA + H2O2) hydroxyl radical scavenging suggesting chelating ability for iron ions. Spectroscopic studies showed that Th A enhanced absorbance in the visible region in the presence of Fe2+ ions. These results indicate that the antioxidant properties of Th A involve radical scavenging, anti-superoxide formation and metal chelation.
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- Maxwell Afari Gyamfi
- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
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