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Shiammala PN, Duraimutharasan NKB, Vaseeharan B, Alothaim AS, Al-Malki ES, Snekaa B, Safi SZ, Singh SK, Velmurugan D, Selvaraj C. Exploring the artificial intelligence and machine learning models in the context of drug design difficulties and future potential for the pharmaceutical sectors. Methods 2023; 219:82-94. [PMID: 37778659 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2023.09.010] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023] Open
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Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly deep learning as a subcategory of AI, provides opportunities to accelerate and improve the process of discovering and developing new drugs. The use of AI in drug discovery is still in its early stages, but it has the potential to revolutionize the way new drugs are discovered and developed. As AI technology continues to evolve, it is likely that AI will play an even greater role in the future of drug discovery. AI is used to identify new drug targets, design new molecules, and predict the efficacy and safety of potential drugs. The inclusion of AI in drug discovery can screen millions of compounds in a matter of hours, identifying potential drug candidates that would have taken years to find using traditional methods. AI is highly utilized in the pharmaceutical industry by optimizing processes, reducing waste, and ensuring quality control. This review covers much-needed topics, including the different types of machine-learning techniques, their applications in drug discovery, and the challenges and limitations of using machine learning in this field. The state-of-the-art of AI-assisted pharmaceutical discovery is described, covering applications in structure and ligand-based virtual screening, de novo drug creation, prediction of physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties, drug repurposing, and related topics. Finally, many obstacles and limits of present approaches are outlined, with an eye on potential future avenues for AI-assisted drug discovery and design.
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- Department of Animal Health and Management, Science Block, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu 630 003, India
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- Department of Biology, College of Science in Zulfi, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, College of Science in Zulfi, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Modelling, Department of Pharmacology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600077, India
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- Faculty of Medicine, Bioscience and Nursing, MAHSA University, Jenjarom 42610, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Computer Aided Drug Design and Molecular Modelling Lab, Department of Bioinformatics, Science Block, Alagappa University, Karaikudi-630 003, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering & Technology, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 603203, India
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- Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Modelling, Department of Pharmacology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600077, India; Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Modelling, Center for Global Health Research, Saveetha Medical College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha Nagar, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 602105, India.
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Aljedaie MM, Alam P, Al-Malki ES. Prediction of novel natural inhibitors of avian coccidia (Eimeria tenella) through molecular docking. TROP J PHARM RES 2022. [DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v20i7.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Purpose: To identify some natural molecules (inhibitors) against avian coccidia (Eimeria tenella) through molecular docking in order to find the candidate drugs for poultry industry.
Methods: The natural compounds, 6’-de-O-acetylcupacinoside, apigenin, artemisinin, cupacinoside, quercetin and rutin, were screened on the basis of previous research data. These biomolecules were selected as potent inhibitors based on extant literature on calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) in Eimeria tenella.
Results: All the compounds showed good interactions with 6’-de-O-acetylcupacinoside. Based on docking studies, quercetin produced the best interaction, with a binding energy of -7.04 kcal/mol, when compared to the other compounds.
Conclusions: Based on these in silico results, the screened compounds have great potential for use against E. tenella. In particular, the results suggest that quercetin may be beneficial in the control of avian coccidia through its strong inhibitory potential on CDPKs of E. tenella.
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Algohary AM, Hassan M, Almalki SG, Al-Malki ES. Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of New Colorimetric Chemosensors Containing Quinazolinones Moiety for some Cations Detection in an Aqueous Medium and Biological Sample. J MEX CHEM SOC 2021. [DOI: 10.29356/jmcs.v65i3.1500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Abstract. The current project deals with designing and synthesizing of colorimetric chemosensors to detect the cations in the aqueous medium and biological sample. To achieve this goal a new series of quinazolinone derivatives were synthesized via reaction of the novel 6-nitro-2-propyl-4H-benzo[d][1,3]oxazin-4-one (3) with selected nitrogen nucleophiles, namely, formamide, hydrazine hydrate, hydroxylamine hydrochloride, O-phenylendiamine, O-aminophenol and O-aminothiophenol, urea and/or thiourea. Structures of the new compounds have been investigated depending on their spectral data (IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and MS) and elemental analyses. Some of the newly synthesized products exhibited a significant response as chemosensors for some cations detection. The synthesized chemosensors 11a and 11b showed high-selectivity and specificity towards cooper (CuII) and mercury (HgII) cations detection through exhibiting colormetric responses. Chemosensors 7 and 10b showed high selectivity toward cadmium (CdII) cation, whilst other examined compounds (9b, c, 10a, 12, 13, and 14) did not exhibit colorimetric response in all cation's samples.
Resumen. En el presente proyecto se diseñan y sintetizan quimiosensores colorimétricos para detectar los cationes en el medio acuoso y en la muestra biológica. Para lograr este objetivo se sintetizó una nueva serie de derivados de quinazolinona mediante la reacción de la 6-nitro-2-propil-4H-benzo[d][1,3]oxazin-4-ona (3) con nucleófilos nitrogenados seleccionados, a saber, formamida, hidrato de hidracina, clorhidrato de hidroxilamina, O-fenilendiamina, O-aminofenol y O-aminotiofenol, urea y/o tiourea. Las estructuras de los nuevos compuestos se han comprobado en función de sus datos espectrales (IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR y MS) y de los análisis elementales. Algunos de los nuevos productos sintetizados mostraron una respuesta significativa como quimiosensores para la detección de algunos cationes. Los quimiosensores sintetizados 11a y 11b mostraron una alta selectividad y especificidad hacia la detección de los cationes cobre (Cu II) y mercurio (Hg II) al mostrar respuestas colormétricas. Los quimiosensores 7 y 10b mostraron una alta selectividad hacia el catión cadmio (Cd II), mientras que otros compuestos examinados (9b, c, 10a, 12, 13 y 14) no mostraron respuesta colorimétrica con los cationes investigados.
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Vijayakumar R, Abdulaziz Alfaiz F, Al-Malki ES, Sandle T. Assessment of airborne endotoxin in sandstorm dust and indoor environments using a novel passive sampling device in Al Zulfi city, Saudi Arabia - Establishing threshold exposure levels. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 28:1257-1266. [PMID: 33613055 PMCID: PMC7878821 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 10/31/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The impact of sandstorm dust events affects local air quality and public health. These issues are becoming of greater concern in Saudi Arabia. There is a significant lack of research on airborne endotoxin exposure and analysis in the Middle East countries and no coherent body of research exists focusing on sandstorm dust in worldwide. In this study, we used a novel design of an aluminum foil plate (AFP) electrostatic dust cloth (EDC) for the passive air sampling of sandstorm dust. A total of 38 sandstorm dust samples were collected during sandstorm episodes occurring between January and April 2020 in both indoor (7 days, n = 20) and outdoor environments (24 h, n = 18). After exposure, and following an extraction procedure, bacterial endotoxin levels were measured using the Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL) gel clot method. The study highlights that the airborne endotoxin level observed was between 10 and 200 EU/m2 in both indoor and outdoor environments, during a sandstorm event. Agricultural activities and farmhouses observed higher airborne endotoxin levels. In general, increased endotoxin levels were related to the severity of the sandstorms. Given that the observed values were high as per existing guidelines for respiratory health, we recommend the setting an occupational airborne exposure limit for bacterial endotoxin. This is the first report and further studies across various sandstorm-hit regions will need to be undertaken, together with various sampling methods, in order to assess for seasonal and geographic trends.
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- Rajendran Vijayakumar
- Department of Biology, College of Science in Zulfi, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
- Corresponding author at: Department of Biology, College of Science in Zulfi, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Biology, College of Science in Zulfi, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, College of Science in Zulfi, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
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- Head of Microbiology, Risk Management and Sterility Assurance, Bio Products Laboratory, Elstree, United Kingdom
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S Al-Malki E. Toxoplasmosis: stages of the protozoan life cycle and risk assessment in humans and animals for an enhanced awareness and an improved socio-economic status. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 28:962-969. [PMID: 33424388 PMCID: PMC7783816 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.11.007] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite distributed globally. It causes toxoplasmosis, which is prevalent in animals, birds, and soil. T. gondii infection leads to severe pathological impacts in immunodeficient patients and congenital cases. This review indicated that high prevalence groups had close contact with cats, dogs, consumed uncooked raw fruits, meat, or vegetables and the socio-economic level noted to be one of the crucial factors that influence toxoplasmosis. Toxoplasmosis infection is high in low-income countries and low in developed European countries. Immunosuppressed groups and pregnant women were the highly vulnerable groups. The epidemiology of the parasite enumerated various routes of infections; but consumption of T. gondii contaminated food was the major route of disease transmission. However, the role of meat and meat-producing animals on disease transmission remained unclear. Unfiltered water acts as the primary reservoir of toxoplasmosis transmission. The diagnostic methods for determining T. gondii infection are not the gold standard, and different approaches have been prescribed to analyze the infected populations based on the organs affected. Although toxoplasmosis was reported before 70 years, no appropriate solution noted to be recommended to treat this disease. Based on the present analyses, it concluded that the eradication of toxoplasmosis would be challenging from the world until people's socio-economic level is improved. The main aim of the present study was to analyze and update the disease transmission, epidemiology, and possible clinical interventions of toxoplasmosis.
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- Esam S Al-Malki
- Department of Biology, College of Science in Zulfi, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
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Amer OS, Waly MI, Burhan IW, Al-Malki ES, Smida A, Al-Benasy KS. Epidemiological trends of malaria in the Western regions of Saudi Arabia: a cross sectional study. J Infect Dev Ctries 2020; 14:1332-1337. [PMID: 33296348 DOI: 10.3855/jidc.13246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Saudi Arabia has successfully reduced malaria cases to be constrained largely in the western regions. This study aimed to determine the epidemiological trends of malaria infection in five western regions of Saudi Arabia. METHODOLOGY A retrospective analysis was conducted to investigate the epidemiological trends of malaria infection in the western regions, based on the published registry of the Saudi Ministry of Health, during the period from 2014 to 2017 using the appropriate statistical tools. RESULTS A total of 8925 confirmed cases of malaria were reported in the western regions during the period from 2014 to 2017 with the mean of 2231 malaria cases per year. The minimum (n = 1097) and maximum (n = 4075) number of cases were reported in 2014 and 2016 respectively. The highest (n = 5919, 66.3%) number of cases were reported from Jazan region, while lowest (n = 86, 1.0%) number of cases were reported from Al-Bahah region. Plasmodium falciparum was the most frequently reported species with 7485 (83.9%) cases, while Plasmodium vivax accounted 1386 (15.5%) cases. Plasmodium malariae and mixed infections were insignificant and accounted 0.5% (n = 48) and 0.1% (n = 6) cases respectively. In relation to malaria infection and age group, malaria was predominant in > 15 age group. The highest number of malaria cases in almost all years was observed from January until March and the lowest number was reported from May until July. CONCLUSIONS Plasmodium falciparum was the most dominant species in this survey and Jazan was the most affected region.
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- Omar So Amer
- Medical Laboratory Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Medical Equipment Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Medical Laboratory Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Biology, College of Science in Zulfi, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Medical Equipment Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Medical Laboratory Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia.
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Al-Malki ES. Understanding the structural insights of enzymatic conformations for adenylosuccinate lyase receptor in malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2020; 41:566-573. [PMID: 33073638 DOI: 10.1080/10799893.2020.1835960] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The dreadful disease malaria is one among the infectious diseases that comes in third number after the tuberculosis and HIV. This disease is spread by female Anopheles mosquito and caused by the malarial parasite sp notably Plasmodium falciparum. In this, the organism has several enzymes for processing the infection and growth mechanism and among that, the adenylosuccinate lyase is an enzyme that plays a critical role in metabolism and cellular replication via its action in the de novo purine biosynthetic pathway. Adenylosuccinate has been studied for two reaction mechanisms, and in that, the adenylosuccinate to AMP and fumarate is core important. As of now, there have been several studies indicating the reaction mechanism of adenylosuccinate lyase, this study projects the conformations of the reactant and product changes through molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulations. Adenylosuccinate bound complex involves His role in the product than the reactant complex, and the complex shows high flexibility due to fumarate. Thus, identifying the core inhibitor that binds to His rings could be a standard adenylosuccinate lyase inhibitor, that can block the malarial diseases in humans. In addition to the competitive inhibition site, we also predicted the uncompetitive ligand binding site, which suggest the alternate region to be targeted. Thus, from this work, we suggest both competitive and uncompetitive binding regions for the purpose identifying the malarial inhibitors.
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- Esam S Al-Malki
- Department of Biology, College of Science in Zulfi, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia
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Abdel-Baki AAS, Mansour L, Al-Malki ES, Al-Quraishy S, Abdel-Haleem HM. Morphometric and molecular characterisation of Hepatozoon bashtari n. sp. in painted saw-scaled viper, Echis coloratus (Ophidia, Viperidae). Parasitol Res 2020; 119:3793-3801. [PMID: 32979103 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06886-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hepatozoon species are the most widely known haemogregarines infecting a wide range of vertebrates, although predominately snakes. Herein, Hepatozoon bashtari n. sp., originally infecting the painted saw-scaled viper, Echis coloratus, in Saudi Arabia is described using both morphological features and molecular data from 18S rDNA sequences. The overall prevalence of infection was 60% (9/15) with parasitaemia ranging from 52 to 60%. Gamonts were entirely intraerythrocytic and were observed to cause considerable hypertrophy within the host cell. The mean size of mature gamonts was 15.4 × 3.3 μm. Merogonic stages were confined to the lung endothelial cells with monomorphic meronts. The average size of mature meronts was 32 × 12 μm and they were estimated to produce 13-16 merozoites each. The phylogenetic tree generated from SSU rDNA sequences revealed that Hepatozoon bashtari sp. n. clusters with the vast majority of other Hepatozoon species infecting snakes, lizards and geckos in various regions of the world, which would appear to support the hypothesis of prey-predator transmission of the genus Hepatozoon. Through a combination of morphological comparison with closely related Hepatozoon spp. and 18S rRNA gene sequence analysis, it is possible to confirm Hepatozoon bashtari sp. n. as a new species.
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- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.,Laboratory of Biodiversity and Parasitology of Aquatic Ecosystems (LR18ES05), Department of Biology, Faculty of Science of Tunis, University Campus, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, 2092, Tunisia
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- Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, 11952, Riyadh Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt
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Al-Malki ES, Abdelsater N. In vitro Scolicidal effects of Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807) venom against the protoscolices of Echinococcus granulosus. Saudi J Biol Sci 2020; 27:1760-1765. [PMID: 32565693 PMCID: PMC7296479 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Al-Otaibi MSA, Al-Quraishy S, Al-Malki ES, Abdel-Baki AAS. Therapeutic potential of the methanolic extract of Lepidium sativum seeds on mice infected with Trypanosoma evansi. Saudi J Biol Sci 2018; 26:1473-1477. [PMID: 31762612 PMCID: PMC6864210 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2018.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The present study aimed to investigate the therapeutic potential of the methanolic extract of Lepidium sativum seeds in mice experimentally infected with Trypanosoma evansi. A total of thirty-two male Swiss albino mice were randomly divided into four groups: the first group was the normal control, while the second, third and fourth groups were infected intraperitoneally with 1 × 104 trypanosomes. The third and fourth groups were treated with 100 μl of Lepidium sativum seed extract (LSSE) at a dose of 200 mg/kg body weight intraperitoneally (infected + LSSEI) and orally (infected + LSSEO) respectively, once a day, for a period of four days. Parasitaemia was found to be significantly raised in the untreated infected group, reaching 2 × 107 at day 4 post-infection, but was significantly reduced by 65.5% and 88% in the mice treated orally and intraperitoneally with LSSE, respectively. The erythrocyte count, HCT, haemoglobin content, leucocyte count and the percentage of lymphocytes was significantly reduced in the untreated infected group, while the treatment with LSSE returned these parameters to their pre-infection values. In addition, our study proved that LSSE provided protection against liver tissue damage and decreased the levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT). The present study also established that intraperitoneal injection of LSSE is more effective than oral administration in the treatment of trypanosome infection in mice. In conclusion, the infection caused haematological, biochemical and histological changes that were ameliorated following treatment with LSSE.
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- Mamdooh S A Al-Otaibi
- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Laboratory, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia
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