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Lu L, Mi J, Jin B, Zhang L, Luo Q, Li X, Yan Y, Cao Y. Inhibitory effects of the anthocyanins from Lycium ruthenicum Murray on angiotensin-I-converting enzyme: in vitro and molecular docking studies. J Sci Food Agric 2023; 103:7164-7175. [PMID: 37347844 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.12803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lycium ruthenicum Murray (LRM), a perennial shrub plant belonging to the Solanaceae family, is rich in anthocyanins, which have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, lipid-lowering, intestinal flora regulating, and other pharmacological qualities. This study was primarily aimed to investigate the inhibitory effect of different anthocyanin purities from LRM on angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) activity in vitro. Moreover, the inhibitory mechanism was further analyzed by molecular docking technology. RESULTS Two main anthocyanin isomers were identified by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and proton/carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance, namely petunidin-3-O-[rhamnopyranosyl-(trans-p-coumaroyl)]-5-O-(β-d-glucopyranoside) (trans-Pt3R5G) and petunidin-3-O-[rhamnopyranosyl-(cis-p-coumaroyl)]-5-O-(β-d-glucopyranoside) (cis-Pt3R5G), with a molar ratio of 9:1. Three purification grades of Pt3R5G all showed excellent inhibitory effects on ACE, with the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50 ) values being 0.562, 0.421, and 0.106 mg·mL-1 . Increasing the purity may reduce the IC50 within a certain concentration range. An enzymatic kinetic experiment showed that the inhibitory effect of Pt3R5G on ACE was reversible and non-competitive: Pt3R5G and substrate were not in competition for the active sites of ACE. Molecular docking technology further revealed the possible mechanism was that Pt3R5G and ACE amino acid residues were interacting by hydrogen bonds to exert the inhibitory effect. CONCLUSION The results indicated that Pt3R5G from LRM was highly effective at inhibiting ACE activity in vitro, with the hydrogen bonds of Pt3R5G and ACE amino acid residues exerting the inhibition. As a potential plant-based ACE inhibitor, Pt3R5G can be used as a functional ingredient for antihypertensive effects. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Lu Lu
- National Wolfberry Engineering Technology Research Center, Institute of Wolfberry Science, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China
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- National Wolfberry Engineering Technology Research Center, Institute of Wolfberry Science, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China
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- National Wolfberry Engineering Technology Research Center, Institute of Wolfberry Science, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China
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- National Wolfberry Engineering Technology Research Center, Institute of Wolfberry Science, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China
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- National Wolfberry Engineering Technology Research Center, Institute of Wolfberry Science, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China
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- National Wolfberry Engineering Technology Research Center, Institute of Wolfberry Science, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China
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- National Wolfberry Engineering Technology Research Center, Institute of Wolfberry Science, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China
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- National Wolfberry Engineering Technology Research Center, Institute of Wolfberry Science, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China
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de Souza Vieira J, de Oliveira VS, Carneiro MJ, Labre da Silva T, Augusta IM, de Carvalho MG, Sawaya ACHF, Saldanha T. Phenolic composition and insights into the use of pink pepper (Schinus terebentifolius Raddi) fruit against lipid oxidation in food systems. FOOD BIOSCI 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2023.102556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/13/2023]
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Dedvisitsakul P, Watla-iad K. Antioxidant activity and antidiabetic activities of Northern Thai indigenous edible plant extracts and their phytochemical constituents. Heliyon 2022; 8:e10740. [PMID: 36185148 PMCID: PMC9519484 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Diabetes mellitus is the most common non-infective disease characterized by hyperglycemia (high level of blood glucose). Formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in long termed-hyperglycemia and oxidative stress are the key factors to accelerate diabetic complications. To screen potential candidates for treating diabetes, total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, antioxidant activity from crude extracts of some Thai edible plants were primarily assessed, and the inhibiting potential of diabetes and its complications provided from some of these plants were evaluated in terms of their inhibitory activities of α-amylase, α-glycosidase, and AGEs formation. The highest amounts of phenolic and flavonoid compounds were found in the ethanolic extract of Caesalpinia mimosoides (S20, 12.63 ± 1.70 mg GAE/g DW) and Glochidion hirsutum (S8, 3.02 ± 0.25 mg CE/g DW), respectively. The highest antioxidant activity was found in Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (S26, 217.94 ± 32.30 μg AAE/g DW) whereas the highest inhibitory activities of α-amylase and α-glycosidase were obtained from Basella alba L. (S11, IC50 = 0.21 ± 0.01 mg/ml) and S. terebinthifolius (S26, IC50 = 0.05 ± 0.02 mg/ml) respectively. The inhibitory effects of AGEs formation were studied in vitro using two model systems: BSA-glucose and BSA-methylglycoxal (MGO). The extracts of Glochidion hirsutum (Roxb.) Voigt (S8, IC50 = 0.20 ± 0.01 mg/ml) and Polygonum odoratum Lour. (S13, IC50 = 0.03 ± 0.01 mg/ml) exhibited the inhibitory activity of AGEs formation derived from glucose (BSA-glucose system) stronger than aminoguanidine (AG) (0.26 ± 0.00 mg/ml), which is a common AGEs formation inhibitory drug. By BSA-MGO assay, the inhibition of some selected extracts in this study (G. hirsutum, G. sphaerogynum, and S. terebinthifolius with IC50 = 0.11 ± 0.01, 0.11 ± 0.01, and 0.10 ± 0.00 mg/ml, respectively) were slightly less efficient than AG (the IC50 = 0.06 ± 0.00 mg/ml). These results indicated that some selected Thai edible plants in this present study provided potential applications towards the prevention of diabetes and their complications via the inhibitory of α-amylase, α-glycosidase, AGEs formation, and oxidative stress. This fundamental information would be important for alternative drug discovery and nutritional recommendations for diabetic patients.
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- Plaipol Dedvisitsakul
- School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
- Microbial Products and Innovation (MP&I) Research Unit, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
- Center of Chemical Innovation for Sustainability, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
- Corresponding author.
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Carneiro TS, da Conceição Prudêncio Dutra M, Lima DA, Júlia de Brito Araújo A, Lessa Constant PB, Lima MDS. Phenolic compounds in peel, seed and cold pressed pink pepper (Schinus terebinthifolia R.) oil and bioaccessibility of peel using a digestion model with intestinal barrier simulation. FOOD BIOSCI 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2022.101930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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El-Nashar HAS, Mostafa NM, Abd El-Ghffar EA, Eldahshan OA, Singab ANB. The genus Schinus (Anacardiaceae): a review on phytochemicals and biological aspects. Nat Prod Res 2021; 36:4839-4857. [PMID: 34886735 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2021.2012772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The genus Schinus belongs to family 'Anacardiaceae' and includes about 29 species originating from South America, distributed to Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay and cultivated in Egypt. Traditionally, Schinus plants are used to alleviate several and diverse diseases including rheumatism, hypertension, ulcers, gastric distress, menstrual disorders, gonorrhea, bronchitis, gingivitis, conjunctivitis, dysentery, wounds, urinary tract, and eye infections. Several phytochemical studies on the Schinus plants revealed presence of diverse bioactive compounds such as flavonoids, bioflavonoids, phenolic acids, tannins, catechins, terpenoids and essential oils. Besides, some Schinus species and their isolated active compounds showed important biological activities such as antibacterial, antifungal, insecticidal, antiparasitic, analgesic, cytotoxic, antitumor, antioxidant, antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory, antimycobacterial, anti-Parkinson, anti-allergic, antiviral, wound healing, chemoprotective, anthelmintic and hepatoprotective. This review attempts to summarize the phytochemical profile and biological activities of Schinus species that could guide researchers to undertake further investigation.
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- Heba A S El-Nashar
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.,Center of Drug Discovery Research and Development, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, Collage of Science, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.,Center of Drug Discovery Research and Development, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.,Center of Drug Discovery Research and Development, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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Velasques J, Crispim BDA, Vasconcelos AAD, Bajay MM, Cardoso CAL, Barufatti A, do Carmo Vieira M. Genetic and chemodiversity in native populations of Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi along the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Sci Rep 2021; 11:20487. [PMID: 34650068 PMCID: PMC8516881 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00015-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Schinus terebinthifolia is a species native to different ecoregions in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The plant is listed on the National Relation of Medicinal Plants and recommended as phytomedicine, however while extractive exploitation prevails as the main route of raw material a significant variation of compounds will be detected. To assure the expansion of productive chain it is important to start by studying population diversity and chemical variations. We used SSR markers for studies of genetic structure among populations from dense ombrophilous forest (ES); the deciduous seasonal forest (SM); the savanna (DOU) and the sandbanks (ITA and MSP), and compared the results to their chemical profiles of essential oil. Genetic structure revealed differences among populations and significant fixation rates. Pairwise studies and Bayesian analysis showed similarities between ITA and SM and between DOU and MSP, proving that the patterns of distribution for the species do not follow the isolation by distance or similarity by environmental conditions. The comparison between PCA of genotypes and chemodiversity reinforces the unique profile for each population despite the environmental similarity observed and genetic analysis. The most divergent genotype and chemical group was found at the ombrophilous forest, strong evidence that we should undertake conservation efforts to prevent losses of biodiversity in that area.
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- Jannaina Velasques
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biossistemas, Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia, Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Meio Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Engenharia de Pesca e Biologia, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Recursos Naturais, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Meio Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Agronomia, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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Huei Zago Wang J, Kozuchovski Daré P, Armiliato Emer A. The perception of Naturology students from inhaling the pink pepper essential oil (
Schinus terebinthifolius
Raddi). FLAVOUR FRAG J 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ffj.3673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Salem MZM, Mohamed AA, Ali HM, Al Farraj DA. Characterization of Phytoconstituents from Alcoholic Extracts of Four Woody Species and Their Potential Uses for Management of Six Fusarium oxysporum Isolates Identified from Some Plant Hosts. Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:plants10071325. [PMID: 34209682 PMCID: PMC8309064 DOI: 10.3390/plants10071325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 06/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Background: Trees are good sources of bioactive compounds as antifungal and antioxidant activities. Methods: Management of six molecularly identified Fusarium oxysporum isolates (F. oxy 1, F. oxy 2, F. oxy 3, F. oxy 4, F. oxy 5 and F. oxy 6, under the accession numbers MW854648, MW854649, MW854650, MW854651, and MW854652, respectively) was assayed using four extracts from Conium maculatum leaves, Acacia saligna bark, Schinus terebinthifolius wood and Ficus eriobotryoides leaves. All the extracts were analyzed using HPLC-VWD for phenolic and flavonoid compounds and the antioxidant activity was evaluated using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging and β-carotene-linoleic acid (BCB) bleaching assays. Results: In mg/kg extract, the highest amounts of polyphenolic compounds p-hydroxy benzoic, benzoic, gallic, and rosmarinic acids, with 444.37, 342.16, 311.32 and 117.87, respectively, were observed in C. maculatum leaf extract; gallic and benzoic acids with 2551.02, 1580.32, respectively, in A. saligna bark extract; quinol, naringenin, rutin, catechol, and benzoic acid with 2530.22, 1224.904, 798.29, 732.28, and 697.73, respectively, in S. terebinthifolius wood extract; and rutin, o-coumaric acid, p-hydroxy benzoic acid, resveratrol, and rosmarinic acid with 9168.03, 2016.93, 1009.20, 1156.99, and 574.907, respectively, in F. eriobotryoides leaf extract. At the extract concentration of 1250 mg/L, the antifungal activity against the growth of F. oxysporum strains showed that A. saligna bark followed by C. maculatum leaf extracts had the highest inhibition percentage of fungal growth (IPFG%) against F. oxy 1 with 80% and 79.5%, F. oxy 2 with 86.44% and 78.9%, F. oxy 3 with 86.4% and 84.2%, F. oxy 4 with 84.2, and 82.1%, F. oxy 5 with 88.4% and 86.9%, and F. oxy 6 with 88.9, and 87.1%, respectively. For the antioxidant activity, ethanolic extract from C. maculatum leaves showed the lowest concentration that inhibited 50% of DPPH free radical (3.4 μg/mL). Additionally, the same extract observed the lowest concentration (4.5 μg/mL) that inhibited BCB bleaching. Conclusions: Extracts from A. saligna bark and C. maculatum leaves are considered potential candidates against the growth of F. oxysporum isolates—a wilt pathogen—and C. maculatum leaf as a potent antioxidant agent.
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- Mohamed Z. M. Salem
- Forestry and Wood Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt;
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- Plant Pathology Institute, Agriculture Research Center (ARC), Alexandria 21616, Egypt;
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
- Correspondence:
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
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de Araújo RSA, da Silva-Junior EF, de Aquino TM, Scotti MT, Ishiki HM, Scotti L, Mendonça-Junior FJB. Computer-Aided Drug Design Applied to Secondary Metabolites as Anticancer Agents. Curr Top Med Chem 2021; 20:1677-1703. [PMID: 32515312 DOI: 10.2174/1568026620666200607191838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) techniques have garnered a great deal of attention in academia and industry because of their great versatility, low costs, possibilities of cost reduction in in vitro screening and in the development of synthetic steps; these techniques are compared with highthroughput screening, in particular for candidate drugs. The secondary metabolism of plants and other organisms provide substantial amounts of new chemical structures, many of which have numerous biological and pharmacological properties for virtually every existing disease, including cancer. In oncology, compounds such as vimblastine, vincristine, taxol, podophyllotoxin, captothecin and cytarabine are examples of how important natural products enhance the cancer-fighting therapeutic arsenal. In this context, this review presents an update of Ligand-Based Drug Design and Structure-Based Drug Design techniques applied to flavonoids, alkaloids and coumarins in the search of new compounds or fragments that can be used in oncology. A systematical search using various databases was performed. The search was limited to articles published in the last 10 years. The great diversity of chemical structures (coumarin, flavonoids and alkaloids) with cancer properties, associated with infinite synthetic possibilities for obtaining analogous compounds, creates a huge chemical environment with potential to be explored, and creates a major difficulty, for screening studies to select compounds with more promising activity for a selected target. CADD techniques appear to be the least expensive and most efficient alternatives to perform virtual screening studies, aiming to selected compounds with better activity profiles and better "drugability".
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Nursing and Pharmacy School, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceio-AL, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Nursing and Pharmacy School, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceio-AL, Brazil
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- University of Western Sao Paulo (Unoeste), Presidente Prudente- SP, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Natural and Synthetic Bioactive Products, Federal University of Paraiba, Joao Pessoa-PB, Brazil
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Raslan MA, F. Taher R, Al-Karmalawy AA, El-Ebeedy D, Metwaly AG, Elkateeb NM, Ghanem A, Elghaish RA, Abd El Maksoud AI. Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A. Chev. leaves: isolation, HPLC/MS profiling and evaluation of nephroprotective and hepatoprotective activities supported by molecular docking. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj02663a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The metabolites profile of C. fruticosa (L.) A. Chev. leaves, 12 isolates, and its nephroprotective and hepatoprotective activities are described.
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- Mona A. Raslan
- Pharmacognosy Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, 12622 Giza, Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, National Research Centre, 12622 Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University-Egypt, New Damietta 34518, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt
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- Faculty of biotechnology, Badr university, Cairo, Egypt
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- Industrial Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, University of Sadat City, Sadat City, Egypt
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Oliveira MB, Valentim IB, Rocha TS, Santos JC, Pires KS, Tanabe EL, Borbely KS, Borbely AU, Goulart MO. Schinus terebenthifolius Raddi extracts: From sunscreen activity toward protection of the placenta to Zika virus infection, new uses for a well-known medicinal plant. Ind Crops Prod 2020; 152:112503. [PMID: 32346222 PMCID: PMC7186214 DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.112503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi is a well-known medicinal plant native of South America. This species has demonstrated important biological activities such as antihypertensive and vasodilator, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. However, no studies have been, so far, reported with the fruits of S. terebinthifolius as a protector of the placenta against Zika virus infection and as sunscreen agents. The present study aimed to investigate new uses for the ethanolic fruit extracts of S. terebinthifolius, from fruits'peel (STPE) and from the whole fruits (STWFE). Zika virus (ZIKV) has been linked to several fetal malformations, such as microcephaly and other central nervous system abnormalities. Thus, the potential of these natural extracts against ZIKV infection was evaluated, using an in vitro method. The photoprotective potential, determined by spectrometry, along with phenolic content, antioxidant capacity, and chemical composition of both extracts were also evaluated. The chemical composition of the extracts was evaluated by HPLC-UV / vis. The cytotoxicity of peel and whole fruit extracts in vero E6 cell lines, in placental cell lines and placental explant cultures were evaluated by the MTT assay. The infectivity of placental cells and explants was evaluated by qRT-PCR and the effects of extracts on ZIKV infection were investigated using HTR-8/SVneo cells, pre-treated with 100 μg mL-1 of STWFE for 1 h, and infected with MR766 (AD) or PE243 (EH) ZIKV strains. STFE and STWFE were well-tolerated by both placental-derived trophoblast cell line HTR-8/SVneo as well as by term placental chorionic villi explants, which indicate absence of cytotoxicity in all analysed concentrations. Two strains of ZIKV were tested to access if pre-treatment of trophoblast cells with the STWFE would protect them against infection. Flow cytometry analysis revealed that STWFE extract greatly reduced ZIKV infection. The extracts were also photoprotective with SPF values equivalent to the standard, benzophenone-3. The formulations prepared in different concentrations of the extracts (5-10 %) had shown maximum SPF values of 32.21. STWFE represents a potential natural mixture to be used in pregnancy in order to restrain placental infection by ZIKV and might potentially protect fetus against ZIKV-related malformations. The extracts exhibited photoprotective activity and some of the phenolic compounds, mainly resveratrol, catechin and epicatechin, are active ingredients in all assayed activities. The development of biotechnological/medical products, giving extra value to products from family farming, is expected, with strong prospects for success.
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- Monika B.S. Oliveira
- Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-970, Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Alagoas (IFAL), Rua Mizael Domingues, 75, Centro, CEP 57020-600, Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-970, Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Biologia Celular, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-970, Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Biologia Celular, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-970, Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Biologia Celular, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-970, Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Biologia Celular, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-970, Maceió, AL, Brazil
- Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Faculdade de Nutrição, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-970, Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Biologia Celular, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-970, Maceió, AL, Brazil
- Corresponding auhtors at: Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Campus A.C. Simões, Tabuleiro dos Martins, 57072-970, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-970, Maceió, AL, Brazil
- Corresponding auhtors at: Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Campus A.C. Simões, Tabuleiro dos Martins, 57072-970, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
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de Oliveira VS, Augusta IM, Braz MVDC, Riger CJ, Prudêncio ER, Sawaya ACHF, Sampaio GR, Torres EAFDS, Saldanha T. Aroeira fruit (Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi) as a natural antioxidant: Chemical constituents, bioactive compounds and in vitro and in vivo antioxidant capacity. Food Chem 2020; 315:126274. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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de Giffoni de Carvalho JT, da Silva Baldivia D, Leite DF, de Araújo LCA, de Toledo Espindola PP, Antunes KA, Rocha PS, de Picoli Souza K, Dos Santos EL. Medicinal Plants from Brazilian Cerrado: Antioxidant and Anticancer Potential and Protection against Chemotherapy Toxicity. Oxid Med Cell Longev 2019; 2019:3685264. [PMID: 31534620 DOI: 10.1155/2019/3685264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Revised: 06/16/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
The use of natural antioxidants in cancer therapy has increased: first, due to the potential of natural antioxidants to kill tumour cells and second, because of their capacity to protect healthy cells from the damage caused by chemotherapy. This review article discusses the antioxidant properties of extracts obtained from medicinal plants from the Brazilian Cerrado and the cell death profile induced by each of these extracts in malignant cells. Next, we describe the capacity of other medicinal plants from the Cerrado to protect against chemotherapy-induced cell toxicity. Finally, we focus on recent insights into the cell death profile induced by extracts from Cerrado plants and perspectives for future therapeutic approaches.
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Karim N, Jia Z, Zheng X, Cui S, Chen W. A recent review of citrus flavanone naringenin on metabolic diseases and its potential sources for high yield-production. Trends Food Sci Technol 2018; 79:35-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2018.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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