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Lima RS, de Carvalho APA, Conte-Junior CA. Health from Brazilian Amazon food wastes: Bioactive compounds, antioxidants, antimicrobials, and potentials against cancer and oral diseases. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2023; 63:12453-12475. [PMID: 35875893 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2101983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Brazilian Amazon contains over 30,000 plant species and foods rich in bioactive compounds such as terpenes, phenolic acids, alkaloids, and flavonoids, of potential health benefits (antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiparasitic, anticancer, gastroprotection, prebiotic effects, among others). The existence of residues from non-edible parts of plants (leaves, roots, stems, branches, barks) or fruit wastes (peel, bagasse, seeds) in the agri-food industry and its supply chain is an important challenge in food loss and waste management. In this critical review several Amazon species, focusing on extracts/essential oils from nonedible parts or wastes, were analyzed in terms of phytochemicals, biological activity, and underlying mechanisms. We hope this review emphasizes the importance of Amazon's sustainability initiatives on population health due to the potential shown against cancer, infectious diseases, and prevention of oral diseases. It is urgent to think about the conversion of amazon food wastes and co-products into high-added-value raw materials to develop novel drugs, food packaging systems, or nutraceutical foods.
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- Rayssa S Lima
- Department of Biochemistry, Analytical and Molecular Laboratorial Center (CLAn), Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Center for Food Analysis (NAL), Technological Development Support Laboratory (LADETEC), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Sanitary Surveillance (PPGVS), National Institute of Health Quality Control, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Analytical and Molecular Laboratorial Center (CLAn), Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Center for Food Analysis (NAL), Technological Development Support Laboratory (LADETEC), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Sanitary Surveillance (PPGVS), National Institute of Health Quality Control, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Chemistry (PGQu), Chemistry Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Analytical and Molecular Laboratorial Center (CLAn), Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Center for Food Analysis (NAL), Technological Development Support Laboratory (LADETEC), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Sanitary Surveillance (PPGVS), National Institute of Health Quality Control, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Chemistry (PGQu), Chemistry Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Food Science (PPGCAL), Chemistry Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Veterinary Hygiene (PPGHV), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Potential of Triterpenic Natural Compound Betulinic Acid for Neglected Tropical Diseases New Treatments. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10040831. [PMID: 35453582 PMCID: PMC9027248 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10040831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Neglected tropical diseases are one of the most important public health problems in many countries around the world. Among them are leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and malaria, which contribute to more than 250 million infections worldwide. There is no validated vaccine to prevent these infections and the treatments available are obsolete, highly toxic, and non-effective due to parasitic drug resistance. Additionally, there is a high incidence of these diseases, and they may require hospitalization, which is expensive to the public health systems. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop new treatments to improve the management of infected people, control the spread of resistant strains, and reduce health costs. Betulinic acid (BA) is a triterpene natural product which has shown antiparasitic activity against Leishmania, Trypanosoma cruzi, and Plasmodium. Here, we review the main results regarding the in vitro and in vivo pharmacological activity of BA and its derivatives against these parasites. Some chemical modifications of BA have been shown to improve its activities against the parasites. Further improvement on studies of drug-derived, as well as structure–activity relationship, are necessary for the development of new betulinic acid-based treatments.
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Leitão SG, Leitão GG, de Oliveira DR. Saracura-Mirá, a Proposed Brazilian Amazonian Adaptogen from Ampelozizyphus amazonicus. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:191. [PMID: 35050079 PMCID: PMC8781190 DOI: 10.3390/plants11020191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The Amazon Forest is known all over the world for its diversity and exuberance, and for sheltering several indigenous groups and other traditional communities. There, as well as in several other countries, in traditional medical systems, weakness, fatigue and debility are seen as limiting health conditions where medicinal plants are often used in a non-specific way to improve body functions. This review brings together literature data on Ampelozizyphus amazonicus, commonly known in Brazil as "saracura-mirá" and/or "cerveja de índio", as an Amazonian adaptogen, including some contributions from the authors based on their ethnographic and laboratory experiences. Topics such as botany, chemistry, ethnopharmacological and pharmacological aspects that support the adaptogen character of this plant, as well as cultivation, market status and supply chain aspects are discussed, and the gaps to establish "saracura-mirá" as an ingredient for the pharmaceutical purposes identified. The revised data presented good scientific evidence supporting the use of this Amazonian plant as a new adaptogen. Literature data also reveal that a detailed survey on natural populations of this plant is needed, as well as agronomical studies that could furnish A. amazonicus bark as a raw material. Another important issue is the lack of developed quality control methods to assure its quality assessment.
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- Suzana Guimarães Leitão
- Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Bl. A2, sl. 10, Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Bloco H, Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, Brazil;
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- Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Bl. A2, sl. 10, Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, Brazil
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Li MC, Xie CJ, Meng CW, Zhang YQ, Gao JG, Wang WH, Liu JY, Xu YN. Chemical constituents from Hovenia dulcis Thunb. And their chemotaxonomic significance. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2020.104214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ouyang XL, Qin F, Huang RZ, Liang D, Wang CG, Wang HS, Liao ZX. NF-κB inhibitory and cytotoxic activities of hexacyclic triterpene acid constituents from Glechoma longituba. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2019; 63:153037. [PMID: 31357075 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2019.153037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 07/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) is the most-frequent cause of cancer death, and novel chemotherapeutic drugs for treating NSCLC are urgently needed. 2α, 3α, 23-trihydroxy-13α, 27-cyclours-11-en-28-oic acid (euscaphic acid G) is a new hexacyclic triterpene acid isolated by our group from Glechoma longituba (Nakai) Kupr. However, the underlying mechanisms responsible for the anticancer effects of hexacyclic triterpene acid have not been elucidated. PURPOSE In the present work, we evaluated growth inhibitory effect of the new isolated hexacyclic triterpene acid and explored the underlying molecular mechanisms. METHODS/STUDY DESIGNS Herbs were extracted and constituents were purified by chromatographic separation, including silica gel, ODS, MCI, Sephadex LH-20 and preparative HPLC. The compound structures were elucidated by the use of UV, NMR and MS spectral data. The anticancer activity of euscaphic acid G was evaluated by MTT assay. Cell cycle, apoptosis, reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial membrane potential were determined by flow cytometry. To display the possible mechanism of euscaphic acid G on NCI-H460 cells, RT-PCR, immunofluorescence and Western blot analysis were carried out. RESULTS A new hexacyclic triterpene acid, euscaphic acid G, together with fifteen known triterpenoids, was isolated from the aerial parts of G. longituba. Our results showed that euscaphic acid G exerted strong anti-proliferative activity against NCI-H460 cells in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Flow cytometry demonstrated euscaphic acid G arrested the cell cycle at G1 phase, induced cellular apoptosis, accompanied by ROS generation and mitochondrial membrane potential reduction. Mechanistic studies revealed that euscaphic acid G treatment inhibited IKKα/β phosphorylation and IκBα phosphorylation, which subsequently caused the blockage of NF-κB p65 phosphorylation and nuclear translocation. CONCLUSION In conclusion, these results suggested that euscaphic acid G from G. longituba showed potential anticancer effects against lung cancer cells via inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis, at least partly, through NF-κB signaling pathways.
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- Xi-Lin Ouyang
- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi, People's Republic of China; College of Public Health and Management, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Pharmaceutical Research Center and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Pharmaceutical Research Center and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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- Pharmaceutical Research Center and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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Kumar P, Bhadauria AS, Singh AK, Saha S. Betulinic acid as apoptosis activator: Molecular mechanisms, mathematical modeling and chemical modifications. Life Sci 2018; 209:24-33. [PMID: 30076920 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2018.07.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Revised: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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A natural product betulinic acid (BA) has gained a huge significance in the recent years for its strong cytotoxicity. Surprisingly, in spite of being an interesting cancer protecting agent on a variety of tumor cells, the normal cells and tissues are rarely affected by BA. Betulinic acid and analogues (BAs) generally exert through the mechanisms that provokes an event of direct cell death and bypass the resistance to normal chemotherapeutics. Although the major mechanism associated with its ability to induce direct cell death is mitochondrial apoptosis, there are several other mechanisms explored recently. Importantly, mathematical modeling of apoptosis has been an important tool to explore the precise mechanism involved in mitochondrial apoptosis. Thus, this review is an endeavor to sum up the molecular mechanisms underlying the action of BA and future directions to apply mathematical modeling technique to better understand the precise mechanism of BA-induced apoptosis. The last section of the review encompasses the plausible structural modifications and formulations to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of BA.
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- Pranesh Kumar
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226025, India
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur 273009, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226025, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226025, India.
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Bezerra CF, Rocha JE, Nascimento Silva MKD, de Freitas TS, de Sousa AK, dos Santos ATL, da Cruz RP, Ferreira MH, da Silva JCP, Machado AJT, Carneiro JNP, Sales DL, Coutinho HDM, Ribeiro PRV, de Brito ES, Morais-Braga MFB. Analysis by UPLC-MS-QTOF and antifungal activity of guava (Psidium guajava L.). Food Chem Toxicol 2018; 119:122-132. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Revised: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Xu F, Huang X, Wu H, Wang X. Beneficial health effects of lupenone triterpene: A review. Biomed Pharmacother 2018; 103:198-203. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Karan BN, Maity TK, Pal BC, Singha T, Jana S. Betulinic Acid, the first lupane-type triterpenoid isolated via bioactivity-guided fractionation, and identified by spectroscopic analysis from leaves of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis: its potential biological activities in vitro assays. Nat Prod Res 2018; 33:3287-3292. [DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2018.1470171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Birendra Nath Karan
- Pharmaceutical Research Division, Institute of Pharmacy, Kalyani, India
- Department of Pharmaceutical Research, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Research, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Research, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Research, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Trivedi Science Research Laboratory Pvt. Ltd, Bhopal, India
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Pereira PS, Maia AJ, Duarte AE, Oliveira-Tintino CDM, Tintino SR, Barros LM, Vega-Gomez MC, Rolón M, Coronel C, Coutinho HDM, da Silva TG. Cytotoxic and anti-kinetoplastid potential of the essential oil of Alpinia speciosa K. Schum. Food Chem Toxicol 2018; 119:387-391. [PMID: 29355623 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2017] [Revised: 01/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Alpinia speciosa K. Schum, known as colônia (colony), is native to tropical Asia and found in parts of tropical America. Its leaves are used to wrap food, rhizomes for food preparation and seeds for health maintenance, and have been widely used by the population as a diuretic, antihypertensive, antiulcerogenic and sedative. The present study aimed to verify the leishmanicidal and trypanocidal potential, as well as the cytotoxicity, of the A. speciosa essential oil, in vitro. A. speciosa presented 1,8-cineole (28.46%), camphor (17.10%) and sabinene (9.95%) as major constituents. The cytotoxic activity of the essential oil presented a low value, while the antipromastigote and antiepimastigote activity presented values considered clinically relevant, since it had an action below 500 μg/mL. In relation to this study, it can be concluded that this is a pioneer in the potential of the A. speciosa essential oil and in the use against the parasites Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas and Leishmania brasiliensis Vianna, having its importance also rooted in this fact. Still in accordance with the results, A. speciosa was effective because it presented values of clinical relevance and low toxicity. It was also observed that the chemical constitution of the above identified compounds with remarkable antiparasitic activities.
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- Pedro S Pereira
- Laboratory of Farmatoxicological Prospecting of Bioactive Products, BIOFARMATOX, Department of Antibiotics, Federal University of Pernambuco, UFPE, Av. Prof. Artur de Sá, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 54740-520, Recife, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Farmatoxicological Prospecting of Bioactive Products, BIOFARMATOX, Department of Antibiotics, Federal University of Pernambuco, UFPE, Av. Prof. Artur de Sá, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 54740-520, Recife, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Centro para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Científica (CEDIC), Fundación Moisés Bertoni/Laboratorios Díaz Gill., Asunción-Paraguay, Brazil
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- Centro para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Científica (CEDIC), Fundación Moisés Bertoni/Laboratorios Díaz Gill., Asunción-Paraguay, Brazil
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- Centro para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Científica (CEDIC), Fundación Moisés Bertoni/Laboratorios Díaz Gill., Asunción-Paraguay, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Farmatoxicological Prospecting of Bioactive Products, BIOFARMATOX, Department of Antibiotics, Federal University of Pernambuco, UFPE, Av. Prof. Artur de Sá, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 54740-520, Recife, Brazil
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LC–MS characterization, anti-kinetoplastide and cytotoxic activities of natural products from Eugenia jambolana Lam. and Eugenia uniflora. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apjtb.2017.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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de Souza Figueiredo F, Celano R, de Sousa Silva D, das Neves Costa F, Hewitson P, Ignatova S, Piccinelli AL, Rastrelli L, Guimarães Leitão S, Guimarães Leitão G. Countercurrent chromatography separation of saponins by skeleton type from Ampelozizyphus amazonicus for off-line ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography/high resolution accurate mass spectrometry analysis and characterisation. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1481:92-100. [PMID: 28027839 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.12.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/17/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ampelozizyphus amazonicus Ducke (Rhamnaceae), a medicinal plant used to prevent malaria, is a climbing shrub, native to the Amazonian region, with jujubogenin glycoside saponins as main compounds. The crude extract of this plant is too complex for any kind of structural identification, and HPLC separation was not sufficient to resolve this issue. Therefore, the aim of this work was to obtain saponin enriched fractions from the bark ethanol extract by countercurrent chromatography (CCC) for further isolation and identification/characterisation of the major saponins by HPLC and MS. The butanol extract was fractionated by CCC with hexane - ethyl acetate - butanol - ethanol - water (1:6:1:1:6; v/v) solvent system yielding 4 group fractions. The collected fractions were analysed by UHPLC-HRMS (ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography/high resolution accurate mass spectrometry) and MSn. Group 1 presented mainly oleane type saponins, and group 3 showed mainly jujubogenin glycosides, keto-dammarane type triterpene saponins and saponins with C31 skeleton. Thus, CCC separated saponins from the butanol-rich extract by skeleton type. A further purification of group 3 by CCC (ethyl acetate - ethanol - water (1:0.2:1; v/v)) and HPLC-RI was performed in order to obtain these unusual aglycones in pure form.
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- Fabiana de Souza Figueiredo
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, CCS, bloco H, Ilha do Fundão, 21941-590, RJ, Brazil
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- Università di Salerno, Dipartimento di Farmacia, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, Italy
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Produtos Naturais e Alimentos, Faculdade de Farmácia, CCS, bloco A2, Ilha do Fundão, 21941-590, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, CCS, bloco H, Ilha do Fundão, 21941-590, RJ, Brazil
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- Advanced Bioprocessing Centre, Institute of Environment, Health & Societies, CEDPS, Brunel University London, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK
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- Advanced Bioprocessing Centre, Institute of Environment, Health & Societies, CEDPS, Brunel University London, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK
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- Università di Salerno, Dipartimento di Farmacia, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, Italy
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- Università di Salerno, Dipartimento di Farmacia, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, Italy
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Produtos Naturais e Alimentos, Faculdade de Farmácia, CCS, bloco A2, Ilha do Fundão, 21941-590, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, CCS, bloco H, Ilha do Fundão, 21941-590, RJ, Brazil.
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Spray-dried extract from the Amazonian adaptogenic plant Ampelozizyphus amazonicus Ducke (Saracura-mirá): Chemical composition and immunomodulatory properties. Food Res Int 2016; 90:100-110. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2016.10.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Revised: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Cunha F, Tintino SR, Figueredo F, Barros L, Duarte AE, Vega Gomez MC, Coronel CC, Rolón M, Leite N, Sobral-Souza CE, Brito SV, Waczuc EP, Boligon AA, Athayde M, Kamdem JP, Coutinho HDM, Franco J. HPLC-DAD phenolic profile, cytotoxic and anti-kinetoplastidae activity of Melissa officinalis. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2016; 54:1664-1670. [PMID: 26864563 DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2015.1120320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Context Melissa officinalis subsp. inodora Bornm. (Lamiaceae) has been used since ancient times in folk medicine against various diseases, but it has not been investigated against protozoa. Objective To evaluate the activities of M. officinalis against Leishmania braziliensis, Leishmania infantum and Trypanosoma cruzi as well as its cytotoxicity in fibroblast cell line. Materials and methods The fresh leaves were chopped into 1 cm(2) pieces, washed and macerated with 99.9% of ethanol for 72 h at room temperature. Antiparasitic activity of M. officinalis was accessed by direct counting of cells after serial dilution, while the cytotoxicity of M. officinalis was evaluated in fibroblast cell line (NCTC929) by measuring the reduction of resazurin. The test duration was 24 h. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to characterise the extract. Results The extract at concentrations of 250 and 125 μg/mL inhibited 80.39 and 54.27% of promastigote (LC50 value = 105.78 μg/mL) form of L. infantum, 80.59 and 68.61% of L. brasiliensis (LC50 value = 110.69 μg/mL) and against epimastigote (LC50 value = 245.23 μg/mL) forms of T. cruzi with an inhibition of 54.45 and 22.26%, respectively, was observed. The maximum toxicity was noted at 500 μg/mL with 95.41% (LC50 value = 141.01 μg/mL). The HPLC analysis identified caffeic acid and rutin as the major compounds. Discussion The inhibition of the parasites is considered clinically relevant (< 500 μg/mL). Rutin and caffeic acids may be responsible for the antiprotozoal effect of the extract. Conclusion The ethanol extract of M. officinalis can be considered a potential alternative source of natural products with antileishmania and antitrypanosoma activities.
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- Francisco Cunha
- a Departamento De Química Biológica , Laboratório De Microbiologia E Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional Do Cariri , Crato , CE , Brazil
- b Programa De Pós-Graduação Em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal De Santa Maria - UFSM , Santa Maria , RS , Brazil
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- a Departamento De Química Biológica , Laboratório De Microbiologia E Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional Do Cariri , Crato , CE , Brazil
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- a Departamento De Química Biológica , Laboratório De Microbiologia E Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional Do Cariri , Crato , CE , Brazil
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- a Departamento De Química Biológica , Laboratório De Microbiologia E Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional Do Cariri , Crato , CE , Brazil
- b Programa De Pós-Graduação Em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal De Santa Maria - UFSM , Santa Maria , RS , Brazil
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- a Departamento De Química Biológica , Laboratório De Microbiologia E Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional Do Cariri , Crato , CE , Brazil
- b Programa De Pós-Graduação Em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal De Santa Maria - UFSM , Santa Maria , RS , Brazil
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- c Centro Para El Desarrollo De La Investigación Científica (CEDIC), Fundación Moisés Bertoni/Laboratorios Díaz Gill , Asunción , Paraguay
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- c Centro Para El Desarrollo De La Investigación Científica (CEDIC), Fundación Moisés Bertoni/Laboratorios Díaz Gill , Asunción , Paraguay
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- c Centro Para El Desarrollo De La Investigación Científica (CEDIC), Fundación Moisés Bertoni/Laboratorios Díaz Gill , Asunción , Paraguay
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- a Departamento De Química Biológica , Laboratório De Microbiologia E Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional Do Cariri , Crato , CE , Brazil
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- a Departamento De Química Biológica , Laboratório De Microbiologia E Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional Do Cariri , Crato , CE , Brazil
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- a Departamento De Química Biológica , Laboratório De Microbiologia E Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional Do Cariri , Crato , CE , Brazil
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- e Departamento de Bioquimica e Biologia Molecular, Bioquímica Toxicológica , Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria , Santa Maria , Rio Grande do Sul 97105-900 , Brazil
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- e Departamento de Bioquimica e Biologia Molecular, Bioquímica Toxicológica , Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria , Santa Maria , Rio Grande do Sul 97105-900 , Brazil
- f Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básica da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre , RS CEP 90035-003 , Brazil
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- a Departamento De Química Biológica , Laboratório De Microbiologia E Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional Do Cariri , Crato , CE , Brazil
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- b Programa De Pós-Graduação Em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal De Santa Maria - UFSM , Santa Maria , RS , Brazil
- d Universidade Federal Dos Pampas , São Gabriel , RS , Brazil
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Calixto Júnior JT, de Morais SM, Gomez CV, Molas CC, Rolon M, Boligon AA, Athayde ML, de Morais Oliveira CD, Tintino SR, Henrique Douglas MC. Phenolic composition and antiparasitic activity of plants from the Brazilian Northeast "Cerrado". Saudi J Biol Sci 2016; 23:434-40. [PMID: 27081371 PMCID: PMC4818332 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2015] [Revised: 10/11/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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This work describes the antiparasitic and cytotoxic activities of three plant species from the Cerrado biome, Northeastern Brazil. Significant antiparasitic inhibition was observed against Trypanosoma cruzi (63.86%), Leishmania brasiliensis (92.20%) and Leishmania infantum (95.23%) when using ethanol extract from leaves of Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. (Malvaceae), at a concentration of 500 μg/mL. However, low levels of inhibition were observed when assessing leishmanicidal and trypanocidal (Clone CL-B5) activities of crude ethanol extracts from leaves and bast tissue of Luehea paniculata (Malvaceae) and leaves and bark of Prockia crucis (Salicaceae) at a concentration of 500 μg/mL. The extracts revealed the presence of phenolic acids such as gallic acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid and rosmarinic acid, as well as flavonoids such as rutin, luteolin, apigenin and quercetin - the latter detected only in G. ulmifolia. G. ulmifolia extract displayed higher leishmanicidal activity probably due to the presence of quercetin, a potent known leishmanicidal compound. A cytotoxicity test indicated values over 50% at the highest concentration (1000 μg/mL) for all natural products, which were considered cytotoxic. This points out the need for further tests to enable future in vivo trials, including antineoplastic activity on human tumor cells.
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- João Tavares Calixto Júnior
- Post Graduation Biotechnological Programme – RENORBIO, Laboratory of Natural Products, State University of Ceará, Itaperi Campus, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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- Post Graduation Biotechnological Programme – RENORBIO, Laboratory of Natural Products, State University of Ceará, Itaperi Campus, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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- Centro para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Científica (CEDIC), Fundación Moisés Bertoni/Laboratorios Díaz Gill, Asunción, Paraguay
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- Centro para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Científica (CEDIC), Fundación Moisés Bertoni/Laboratorios Díaz Gill, Asunción, Paraguay
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- Centro para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Científica (CEDIC), Fundación Moisés Bertoni/Laboratorios Díaz Gill, Asunción, Paraguay
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- Department of Industrial Pharmacy, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
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- Department of Industrial Pharmacy, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Regional University of Cariri, Crato, Ceará State, Brazil
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Farmani F, Moein M, Amanzadeh A, Kandelous HM, Ehsanpour Z, Salimi M. Antiproliferative Evaluation and Apoptosis Induction in MCF-7 Cells by Ziziphus spina christi Leaf Extracts. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2016; 17:315-21. [DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2016.17.1.315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Kffuri CW, Lopes MA, Ming LC, Odonne G, Kinupp VF. Antimalarial plants used by indigenous people of the Upper Rio Negro in Amazonas, Brazil. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2016; 178:188-198. [PMID: 26656535 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.11.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Revised: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE This is the first intercultural report of antimalarial plants in this region. The aim of this study was to document the medicinal plants used against malaria by indigenous people in the Upper Rio Negro region and to review the literature on antimalarial activity and traditional use of the cited species. MATERIALS AND METHODS Participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and ethnobotanical walks were conducted with 89 informants in five indigenous communities between April 2010 and November 2013 to obtain information on the use of medicinal plants against malaria. We reviewed academic databases for papers published in scientific journals up to January 2014 in order to find works on ethnopharmacology, ethnobotany, and antimalarial activity of the species cited. RESULTS Forty-six plant species belonging to 24 families are mentioned. Fabaceae (17.4%), Arecaceae (13.0%) and Euphorbiaceae (6.5%) account together for 36.9% of these species. Only seven plant species showed a relatively high consensus. Among the plant parts, barks (34.0%) and roots (28.0%) were the most widely used. Of the 46 species cited, 18 (39.1%) have already been studied for their antimalarial properties according to the literature, and 26 species (56.5%) have no laboratory essays on antimalarial activity. CONCLUSIONS Local traditional knowledge of the use of antimalarials is still widespread in indigenous communities of the Upper Rio Negro, where 46 plants species used against malaria were recorded. Our studies highlight promising new plants for future studies: Glycidendron amazonicum, Heteropsis tenuispadix, Monopteryx uaucu, Phenakospermum guianensis, Pouteria ucuqui, Sagotia brachysepala and notably Aspidosperma schultesii, Ampelozizyphus amazonicus, Euterpe catinga, E. precatoria, Physalis angulata, Cocos nucifera and Swartzia argentea with high-use consensus. Experimental validation of these remedies may help in developing new drugs for malaria.
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- Carolina Weber Kffuri
- Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômica de Botucatu, Departamento de Horticultura, Rua José Barbosa de Barros, 1780, 18.610-307 Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômica de Botucatu, Departamento de Horticultura, Rua José Barbosa de Barros, 1780, 18.610-307 Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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- CNRS-Guyane(USR 3456), 2 avenue Gustave Charlery, 97300 Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Herbário EAFM, Instituto de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Amazonas (IFAM), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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do Carmo DFM, Amaral ACF, Machado M, Lopes D, Echevarria A, Rosário VE, Silva JRDA. Evaluation of Antiplasmodial activity of extracts and constituents from Ampelozizyphus amazonicus. Pharmacogn Mag 2015; 11:S244-50. [PMID: 26664012 PMCID: PMC4653334 DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.166071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Ampelozizyphus amazonicus Ducke, a plant that is widely used by the population of the Amazonian region to prevent and treat malaria, was investigated in this work, which describes, for the first time, the antiplasmodial activity of its extracts and associates this activity with its isolated constituents. METHODS Different extracts with solvents of increasing polarity (hexane, chloroform, ethanol, and water) were obtained of the root bark. This procedure resulted in extracts that were characterized for their constituents. The cytotoxicity and activity of the extracts against Plasmodium berghei (schizontocidal activity, liver stage) and Plasmodium falciparum (3D7 and Dd2 strains, erythrocyte stage) were assessed in vitro. RESULTS Of the four extracts assayed against P. berghei, the chloroform extract showed the greatest activity, with an inhibitory concentration 50% (IC50) value of 30.1 µg/mL, followed by the aqueous extract (IC50 = 39.9 µg/mL). The chloroform extract exhibited the highest antiplasmodial activity in the erythrocyte stage of P. falciparum, with an IC50 value lower than 15 µg/mL. Fractionation of this more active extract led to the isolation and elucidation of pentacyclic triterpenes, lupeol, betulin and betulinic acid, which showed antiplasmodial activities with IC50 values ranging from 5.6 to 80.30 µM. The most active of these, betulinic acid, was further quantified in the extracts by high-performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array detector analyzes. The higher amount was found in the chloroform extract, which was the most active one against P. falciparum. CONCLUSION The results obtained in this work may partly explain the popular intake of A. amazonicusas an antimalarial remedy in the Amazon region.
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- Dominique F M do Carmo
- Department of Chemistry, Chromatography Laboratory, Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Rodrigo Otavio Avenue, 3000, Academic Campus, 69077-000, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Department of Natural Products, Medicinal Plants and Derivatives Laboratory, Farmanguinhos, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Sizenando Nabuco Street, 100, Manguinhos, 21041-250, Brazil
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- Parasitology Unit, Center of Studies on Malaria and Other Tropical Diseases, LA, Institute Hygiene and Tropical Medicine from the New University of Lisbon, Junqueira street, 100, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal, Brazil
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- Parasitology Unit, Center of Studies on Malaria and Other Tropical Diseases, LA, Institute Hygiene and Tropical Medicine from the New University of Lisbon, Junqueira street, 100, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) Km 47, Seropedica, 23851970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Parasitology Unit, Center of Studies on Malaria and Other Tropical Diseases, LA, Institute Hygiene and Tropical Medicine from the New University of Lisbon, Junqueira street, 100, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Chromatography Laboratory, Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Rodrigo Otavio Avenue, 3000, Academic Campus, 69077-000, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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Vandesmet VCS, Felipe CFB, Kerntopf MR, Rolón M, Vega C, Coronel C, Barbosa AGR, Coutinho HDM, Menezes IRA. The use of herbs against neglected diseases: Evaluation of in vitro leishmanicidal and trypanocidal activity of Stryphnodendron rotundifolium Mart. Saudi J Biol Sci 2015; 24:1136-1141. [PMID: 28855804 PMCID: PMC5562377 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2014] [Revised: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The evaluation of the leishmanicidal and trypanocidal activity of the hydroalcoholic extract of the bark of Stryphnodendron rotundifolium Mart. (EHCSR) was carried out to find an alternative treatment for parasitic diseases. EHCSR was prepared and used at four different concentrations (1000, 500, 250, 125 μg/mL) in in vitro assays for activity against Leishmania promastigotes using the species Leishmania brasiliensis and Leishmania infantum and for trypanocidal activity using the epimastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi. We also tested EHCSR for cytotoxicity against adhered cultured Murine J774 fibroblasts. The tests were performed in triplicate, and the percent mortality of parasites, IC50 and percent toxicity were determined. With regard to anti-leishmania activity against L. infantum, there was a mean mortality of 45% at all concentrations, and against L. brasiliensis, a substantial effect was seen at 1000 μg/mL with 56.38% mortality, where the IC50 values were 1338.76 and 987.35 μg/mL, respectively. Trypanocidal activity was notably high at 1000 μg/mL extract with 82.31% mortality of epimastigotes. Cytotoxicity at the highest extract concentrations of 500 and 1000 μg/mL was respectively 75.12% and 94.14%, with IC50 = 190.24 μg/mL. Despite that the extract has anti-parasitic activity, its substantial cytotoxicity against fibroblasts cells makes its systemic use nonviable as a therapeutic alternative.
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- Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa (PB), Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia e Quimica Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato (CE), Brazil
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- Centre for the Development of Scientific la Investigación (CEDIC), Fundación Moisés Bertoni/Laboratorios Diaz Gill, Asuncion, Paraguay
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- Centre for the Development of Scientific la Investigación (CEDIC), Fundación Moisés Bertoni/Laboratorios Diaz Gill, Asuncion, Paraguay
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- Centre for the Development of Scientific la Investigación (CEDIC), Fundación Moisés Bertoni/Laboratorios Diaz Gill, Asuncion, Paraguay
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia e Quimica Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato (CE), Brazil
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato (CE), Brazil.,Faculdade Leão Sampaio, Juazeiro do Norte (CE), Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia e Quimica Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato (CE), Brazil.,Faculdade Leão Sampaio, Juazeiro do Norte (CE), Brazil
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Wu Y, Chen M, Du MB, Yue CH, Li YY, Zhu M, Liu C, Wang DY, Liu JG, Hu YL. Chemical constituents from the fruit of Zizyphus jujuba Mill. var. spinosa. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2014.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Trypanocide, cytotoxic, and anti-Candida activities of natural products: Hyptis martiusii Benth. Eur J Integr Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2013.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Synergistic Effect of Lupenone and Caryophyllene Oxide against Trypanosoma cruzi. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2013; 2013:435398. [PMID: 23762135 PMCID: PMC3671683 DOI: 10.1155/2013/435398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Revised: 04/11/2013] [Accepted: 04/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The in vitro trypanocidal activity of a 1 : 4 mixture of lupenone and caryophyllene oxide confirmed a synergistic effect of the terpenoids against epimastigotes forms of T. cruzi (IC50 = 10.4 μ g/mL, FIC = 0.46). In addition, testing of the terpenoid mixture for its capacity to reduce the number of amastigote nests in cardiac tissue and skeletal muscle of infected mice showed a reduction of more than 80% at a dose level of 20.8 mg·kg(-1)·day(-1).
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Immunobiologic and antiinflammatory properties of a bark extract from Ampelozizyphus amazonicus Ducke. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:451679. [PMID: 23555087 PMCID: PMC3600244 DOI: 10.1155/2013/451679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2012] [Revised: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 12/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Ampelozizyphus amazonicus is used in the treatment and prevention of malaria. The effect of an aqueous extract from this plant (SART) on the immune response was investigated by measuring immunoglobulin production induced by immunization with the antigen TNP-Ficoll in Plasmodium chabaudi-infected mice. SART treatment increased antigen-specific IgM and IgG levels in TNP-Ficoll-immunized mice. The B cell response during malarial infection was also modified by SART. There was an increase in total serum IgM and IgG and a decrease in the percentage of splenic plasma cells (CD138+ cells) in P. chabaudi-infected, SART-treated animals. SART (1, 3 or 10 mg/kg, p.o.) and the reference drug dexamethasone (5 mg/kg) were also tested in carrageenan-induced leukocyte migration to the subcutaneous air pouch (SAP). All SART doses significantly reduced leukocyte migration into the SAP. The protein concentration resulting from extravasation into the peritoneum was also significantly reduced. Our data indicate that SART possesses immunomodulatory properties, inducing an in vivo modification of the B lymphocyte response and anti-inflammatory properties, which are partly due to a reduction in cell migration and are most likely due to an inhibition of the production of inflammatory mediators. Preliminary HPLC-ESI-MS/MS analysis of SART shows a complex saponin profile with deprotonated molecule [M-H]− ions in the range of m/z 800–1000.
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Santos KK, Matias EF, Tintino SR, Souza CE, Braga MF, Guedes GM, Rolón M, Vega C, de Arias AR, Costa JG, Menezes IR, Coutinho HD. Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi and cytotoxic activities of Eugenia uniflora L. Exp Parasitol 2012; 131:130-2. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2011] [Revised: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Polanco-Hernández G, Escalante-Erosa F, García-Sosa K, Chan-Bacab MJ, Sagua-Franco H, González J, Osorio-Rodríguez L, Peña-Rodríguez LM. Metabolites from the leaf extract of Serjania yucatanensis with trypanocidal activity against Trypanosoma cruzi. Parasitol Res 2012; 111:451-5. [PMID: 22371270 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2861-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The bioassay-guided phytochemical investigation of the leaf extract of Serjania yucatanensis, a woody climbing plant endemic to the Yucatan peninsula, led to the identification of a mixture of a triterpene [lup-20(29)-en-3-one] and an oxygenated sesquiterpene (β-caryophyllene oxide), as that responsible for the originally detected trypanocidal activity in the organic crude extract. Results showed that the mixture of lup-20(29)-en-3-one and β-caryophyllene oxide is active against trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi (IC(50) =80.3 μg/mL) and inhibits the egress of trypomastigotes from infected Vero cells (when tested at 100 μg/mL) without being cytotoxic.
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- Glendy Polanco-Hernández
- Unidad de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Calle 43 No. 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida, Yucatán, 97200, Mexico
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Santos KKA, Matias EFF, Sobral-Souza CE, Tintino SR, Morais-Braga MFB, Guedes GMM, Santos FAV, Sousa ACA, Rolón M, Vega C, de Arias AR, Costa JGM, Menezes IRA, Coutinho HDM. Trypanocide, cytotoxic, and antifungal activities of Momordica charantia. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2012; 50:162-166. [PMID: 22235885 DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2011.581672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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CONTEXT Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is a public health problem. Currently, chemotherapy is the only available treatment for this disease, and the drugs used, nifurtimox and benzonidazol, present high toxicity levels. An alternative for replacing these drugs are natural extracts from Momordica charantia L. (Cucurbitaceae) used in traditional medicine because of their antimicrobial and biological activities. OBJECTIVE In this study, we evaluated the extract of M. charantia for its antiepimastigote, antifungal, and cytotoxic activities. MATERIALS AND METHODS An ethanol extract of leaves from M. charantia was prepared. To research in vitro antiepimastigote activity, T. cruzi CL-B5 clone was used. Epimastigotes were inoculated at a concentration of 1 × 10(5) cells/mL in 200 µl tryptose-liver infusion. For the cytotoxicity assay, J774 macrophages were used. The antifungal activity was evaluated by microdilution using strains of Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, and Candida krusei. RESULTS The effective concentration capable of killing 50% of parasites (IC(50)) was 46.06 µg/mL. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was ≤ 1024 µg/mL. Metronidazole showed a potentiation of its antifungal effect when combined with an extract of M. charantia. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that M. charantia could be a source of plant-derived natural products with antiepimastigote and antifungal-modifying activity with moderate toxicity.
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- Karla K A Santos
- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato (CE), Brasil
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Santos KKD, Matias EF, Tintino SR, Souza CE, Braga MF, Guedes GM, Rolón M, Vega C, de Arias AR, Costa JG, Menezes IA, Coutinho HD. Cytotoxic, Trypanocidal, and Antifungal Activities ofEugenia jambolanaL. J Med Food 2012; 15:66-70. [DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2010.0298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Karla K.A. dos Santos
- Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Regional University of Cariri, Crato, Ceara, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Regional University of Cariri, Crato, Ceara, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Regional University of Cariri, Crato, Ceara, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Regional University of Cariri, Crato, Ceara, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Regional University of Cariri, Crato, Ceara, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Regional University of Cariri, Crato, Ceara, Brazil
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- Center for the Development of Scientific Research, Moisés Bertoni Foundation/Díaz Gill Laboratories, Asunción, Paraguay
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- Center for the Development of Scientific Research, Moisés Bertoni Foundation/Díaz Gill Laboratories, Asunción, Paraguay
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- Center for the Development of Scientific Research, Moisés Bertoni Foundation/Díaz Gill Laboratories, Asunción, Paraguay
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- Laboratory of Natural Products Research, Regional University of Cariri, Crato, Ceara, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry, Regional University of Cariri, Crato, Ceara, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Regional University of Cariri, Crato, Ceara, Brazil
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Campos MCO, Salomão K, Castro-Pinto DB, Leon LL, Barbosa HS, Maciel MAM, de Castro SL. Croton cajucara crude extract and isolated terpenes: activity on Trypanosoma cruzi. Parasitol Res 2010; 107:1193-204. [DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1988-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2010] [Accepted: 07/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lopes AA, López SN, Regasini LO, Junior JMB, Ambrósio DL, Kato MJ, da Silva Bolzani V, Cicarelli RMB, Furlan M. In vitro activity of compounds isolated from Piper crassinervium against Trypanosoma cruzi. Nat Prod Res 2008; 22:1040-6. [PMID: 18780244 DOI: 10.1080/14786410802243271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
This study describes the antichagasic potential of five compounds isolated from leaves of Piper crassinervium (Piperaceae). Two prenylated benzoic acid derivatives, one prenylated hydroquinone and two flavanones, were evaluated. The in vitro trypanocidal activity was determined against epimastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi (Y strain), the etiologic agent of Chagas disease. The most active compound was the prenylated hydroquinone [1,4-dihydroxy-2-(3(0),7(0)-dimethyl-1(0)-oxo-2(0)-E,6(0)-octadienyl)benzene] with an IC(50) value of 6.10 microg mL(-1), which was in the same order of activity if compared with the positive control benznidazole (IC(50) = 1.60 microg mL(-1)). This is the first report of trypanocidal activity for prenylated hydroquinone and benzoic acid derivatives.
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