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Aati HY, Anwar M, Al-Qahtani J, Al-Taweel A, Khan KUR, Aati S, Usman F, Ghalloo BA, Asif HM, Shirazi JH, Abbasi A. Phytochemical Profiling, In Vitro Biological Activities, and In-Silico Studies of Ficus vasta Forssk.: An Unexplored Plant. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11091155. [PMID: 36139935 PMCID: PMC9495161 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11091155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Ficus vasta Forssk. (Moraceae family) is an important medicinal plant that has not been previously investigated for its phytochemical and biological potential. Phytochemical screening, total bioactive content, and GCMS analysis were used to determine its phytoconstituents profile. Antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-viral, cytotoxicity, thrombolytic, and enzyme inhibition activities were examined for biological evaluation. The plant extract exhibited the maximum total phenolic (89.47 ± 3.21 mg GAE/g) and total flavonoid contents (129.2 ± 4.14 mg QE/g), which may be related to the higher antioxidant potential of the extract. The extract showed strong α-amylase (IC50 5 ± 0.21 µg/mL) and α-glucosidase inhibition activity (IC50 5 ± 0.32 µg/mL). Significant results were observed in the case of antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-viral activities. The F. vasta extract inhibited the growth of HepG2 cells in a dose-dependent manner. The GCMS analysis of the extract provided the preliminary identification of 28 phytocompounds. In addition, the compounds identified by GCMS were subjected to in silico molecular docking analysis in order to identify any interactions between the compounds and enzymes (α-amylase and α-glucosidase). After that, the best-docked compounds were subjected to ADMET studies which provide information on pharmacokinetics, drug-likeness, physicochemical properties, and toxicity. The present study highlighted that the ethanol extract of F. vasta has antidiabetic, antimicrobial, anti-viral, and anti-cancer potentials that can be further explored for novel drug development.
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- Hanan Y. Aati
- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence: (H.Y.A.); (K.-u.-R.K.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
- Correspondence: (H.Y.A.); (K.-u.-R.K.)
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- UWA, University of Western Australia, Nedland, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60000, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University College of Conventional Medicine, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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de Amorim ÉM, de Santana SL, da Silva AS, de Aquino NC, Silveira ER, Ximenes RM, Rohde C. Genotoxic Assessment of the Dry Decoction of Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão (Anacardiaceae) Leaves in Somatic Cells of Drosophila melanogaster by the Comet and SMART Assays. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2020; 61:329-337. [PMID: 31489703 DOI: 10.1002/em.22332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Medicinal plants are worldwide used as an efficient treatment of many diseases. Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão (Anacardiaceae) is widely used Brazilian folk medicine to treat inflammations and infections of the female genital tract, conditions of the stomach and throat, and to heal wounds on the skin and mucous membranes. Several pharmacological properties of extracts and compounds isolated from M. urundeuva are found in the literature, corroborating its uses as antiulcer and gastroprotective, anti-inflammatory and analgesic, as well as antimicrobial. Despite these many uses in traditional herbal medicine, there are few reports of its toxic-genetic effect. This work aimed to investigate the genotoxic and mutagenic potential in vivo of the dry decoction of M. urundeuva leaves on somatic cells of Drosophila melanogaster, through the Comet assay and somatic mutation and recombination test (SMART). Six concentrations (0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0, and 16.0 mg/mL) were studied after feeding individuals for 24 hr in culture medium hydrated with extracts of M. urundeuva. In the Comet assay, all concentrations showed a genotoxic effect significantly higher than the negative control group, treated with distilled water. The two highest concentrations were also superior to the positive control group, treated with cyclophosphamide (1 mg/mL). In the SMART, there was a mutagenic effect at all concentrations tested, with a clear dose-dependent relationship. Both recombination and mutation account for these mutagenic effects. The set of results indicate that the dry decoction of M. urundeuva leaves is genotoxic and mutagenic for D. melanogaster under the experimental conditions of this study. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 61:329-337, 2020. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Érima Maria de Amorim
- Departamento de Antibióticos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
- Laboratório de Genética, Centro Acadêmico de Vitória, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética, Centro Acadêmico de Vitória, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética, Centro Acadêmico de Vitória, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Orgânica e Inorgânica, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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- Departamento de Antibióticos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética, Centro Acadêmico de Vitória, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Tomani JCD, Gainkam LOT, Nshutiyayesu S, Mukazayire MJ, Ribeiro SO, Stevigny C, Frederich M, Muganga R, Souopgui J. An ethnobotanical survey and inhibitory effects on NLRP3 inflammasomes/Caspase-1 of herbal recipes' extracts traditionally used in Rwanda for asthma treatment. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2018; 227:29-40. [PMID: 30118837 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2018.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Respiratory diseases and asthma, in particular, are nowadays a global health problem. In Rwanda, some traditional healers claim to treat asthma with plant-based recipes, though there is no scientific proof so far. AIM OF THE STUDY Our study aimed at evaluating the toxicity and the anti-inflammatory effect of plant recipes used in Rwanda against asthma in order to select potential candidates for further characterization of the active compounds. MATERIALS AND METHODS Water (aqueous) and methanol-dichloromethane (organic) extracts from selected folkloric recipes were submitted for toxicity test on THP-1 derived macrophages using CellTiter-Glo Luminescent Cell Viability Assay. The evaluation of the anti-inflammatory effect of the plant extracts was carried out using the Caspase-Glo 1 Inflammasome assay on THP-1 -derived macrophages. RESULTS Most of both organic and aqueous extract showed more than 95% of cell viability up to 200 µg/ml, except for R03Cn organic extract that inhibited 25% of the cell viability. Plant extracts inhibited caspase-1 activation in THP-1 derived macrophages in a dose-dependent manner. Four extracts (R03Cn and R07Kn aqueous extracts, R10MK and R19Sz organic extracts) strongly downregulated the activation of caspase-1 (more than 70% at 50 µg/ml). In general, organic extracts exhibited better caspase-1 inhibitory effects than their aqueous counterparts. CONCLUSIONS The inhibition of inflammasome/caspase-1 is one of key mechanisms of action in asthma. Some traditional recipes are active on this mechanism and are thus strong candidates for the treatment of asthma and other inflammasome-mediated diseases. Further investigations are needed to characterize active molecules.
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- Jean Claude Didelot Tomani
- University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Kigali, Rwanda; Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institute for Molecular Biology and Medicine, Laboratory of Embryology and Biotechnology, Gosselies, Belgium
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institute for Molecular Biology and Medicine, Laboratory of Embryology and Biotechnology, Gosselies, Belgium
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- University of Rwanda, College of Science and Technology, School of Science, Department of Biology, Huye, Rwanda
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- National Industrial Research and Development Agency, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries Division, Huye, Rwanda
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculty of Pharmacy, RD3-Pharmacognosy, Bioanalysis and Drug Discovery Unit, Campus Plaine CP 205/9, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculty of Pharmacy, RD3-Pharmacognosy, Bioanalysis and Drug Discovery Unit, Campus Plaine CP 205/9, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- University of Liège, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Liège, Belgium
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- University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Kigali, Rwanda
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institute for Molecular Biology and Medicine, Laboratory of Embryology and Biotechnology, Gosselies, Belgium.
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Taviano MF, Rashed K, Filocamo A, Cacciola F, Dugo P, Mondello L, Bisignano C, Acquaviva R, D’Arrigo M, Miceli N. Phenolic profile and biological properties of the leaves of Ficus vasta Forssk. (Moraceae) growing in Egypt. Altern Ther Health Med 2018; 18:161. [PMID: 29769066 PMCID: PMC5956820 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-018-2210-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ficus vasta Forssk. (Moraceae) is traditionally used for the treatment of various ailments; nonetheless, this species has been poorly studied to date. This work aimed to characterize the phenolic profile and to evaluate the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of a hydroalcoholic extract obtained from F. vasta leaves collected in Egypt. METHODS The phenolic profile of the extract was characterized by HPLC-PDA/ESI-MS. The antioxidant properties were examined by different in vitro systems: DPPH test, reducing power and metal chelating activity assays. Moreover, the ability of the extract to protect Escherichia coli growth and survival from H2O2-induced oxidative stress was evaluated. The potential toxicity was investigated using Artemia salina lethality bioassay. Finally, the antimicrobial properties against a representative set of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains and the yeast C. albicans were assayed by standard methods. RESULTS By HPLC-PDA/ESI-MS analysis 12 compounds belonging to the groups of phenolic acids and flavonoids were identified. The extract exhibited strong radical scavenging activity in DPPH test (IC50 = 0.0672 ± 0.0038 mg/mL), reducing power (3.65 ± 0.48 ASE/mL) and chelating activity (IC50 = 0.801 ± 0.007 mg/mL). A total protection against H2O2-induced damage on E. coli was observed. No toxicity against A. salina was found (LC50 > 1000 μg/mL). The extract exhibited bacteriostatic activity against almost all the bacteria tested (MICs: 250-62.5 μg/mL). CONCLUSIONS The obtained results demonstrate the potential of F. vasta leaves as safe sources of natural antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds.
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Makhuvele R, Foubert K, Apers S, Pieters L, Verschaeve L, Elgorashi E. Antimutagenic constituents from Monanthotaxis caffra (Sond.) Verdc. J Pharm Pharmacol 2018; 70:976-984. [PMID: 29633259 DOI: 10.1111/jphp.12918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Monanthotaxis caffra (Sond.) Verdc. (Annonaceae) has been reported to possess antitumoural properties. Preliminary screening showed that the crude methanolic leaf extract had strong antimutagenic effects against aflatoxin B1 -induced mutagenicity. The aim of this study was to isolate and evaluate the antimutagenic properties of the active constituents from M. caffra. METHODS Different chromatographic, spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques were used for the isolation and identification of the antimutagenic constituents. The antimutagenic effect of the extract and compounds was evaluated using Ames, Vitotox and Comet assays. KEY FINDINGS Bioassay-guided fractionation of the methanolic leaf extract yielded two antimutagenic compounds identified as (+)-crotepoxide and 5,6-diacetoxy1-benzoyloxymethyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene. Crotepoxide had strong antimutagenicity in the Vitotox assay with an IC50 value of 131 μg/ml. 5,6-Diacetoxy-1-benzoyloxymethyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene showed strong antimutagenic activity in the Ames assay with an IC50 value of 348.9 μg/plate and no antimutagenic activity in the Vitotox test. Furthermore, the compound was able to inhibit, block or prevent biotransformation of aflatoxin B1 by repressing the proteins involved in transcription. CONCLUSIONS Crotepoxide and 5,6-diacetoxy-1-benzoyloxymethyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene have the potential to mitigate the risks arising from consumption of aflatoxin B1 -contaminated food and feed.
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- Rhulani Makhuvele
- Toxicology and Ethnoveterinary Medicine, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa.,Department of Paraclinical Sciences, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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- Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis (NatuRA), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp-Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis (NatuRA), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp-Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis (NatuRA), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp-Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Toxicology, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp-Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Toxicology and Ethnoveterinary Medicine, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa.,Department of Paraclinical Sciences, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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