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Palozi RAC, Guarnier LP, Romão PVM, Nocchi SR, Dos Santos CC, Lourenço ELB, Silva DB, Gasparotto FM, Gasparotto Junior A. Pharmacological safety of Plinia cauliflora (Mart.) Kausel in rabbits. Toxicol Rep 2019; 6:616-624. [PMID: 31316897 PMCID: PMC6611835 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2019.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Fruit peels of Plinia cauliflora are widely used in Brazilian traditional medicine. No studies have proved the safety of its pharmacological effects. We assessed the safety pharmacology of P. cauliflora extract (EEPC) in rabbits. EEPC did not cause any significant changes in several physiological systems. These data provide important safety data for its clinical use.
Fruit peels of Plinia cauliflora (Mart.) Kausel are widely used in Brazilian traditional medicine, but no studies have proved the safety of its pharmacological effects on the respiratory, cardiovascular, and central nervous systems. The present study assessed the safety pharmacology of P. cauliflora in New Zealand rabbits. First, an ethanol extract (EEPC) was selected for the pharmacological experiments and chemical characterization. Then, different groups of rabbits were orally treated with EEPC (200 and 2000 mg/kg) or vehicle. Acute behavioral and physiological alterations in the modified Irwin test, respiratory rate, arterial blood gas, and various cardiovascular parameters (i.e., heart rate, blood pressure, and electrocardiography) were evaluated. The main secondary metabolites that were identified in EEPC were ellagic acid, gallic acid, O-deoxyhexosyl quercetin, and the anthocyanin O-hexosyl cyanidin. No significant behavioral or physiological changes were observed in any of the groups. None of the doses of EEPC affected respiratory rate or arterial blood gas, with no changes on blood pressure or electrocardiographic parameters. The present study showed that EEPC did not cause any significant changes in respiratory, cardiovascular, or central nervous system function. These data provide scientific evidence of the effects of this species and important safety data for its clinical use.
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Key Words
- ABG, Arterial blood gas
- ANOVA, One-way analysis of variance
- ASE, Accelerated solvent extraction
- BB, Buffer Base
- BE, Base Excess
- BEecf, Base excess in the extracellular fluid compartment
- CNS, Central nervous system
- Ca++, Calcium
- Cardiovascular
- Cl, Chloride
- DBP, Diastolic blood pressure
- ECG, Electrocardiography
- EEPC, Ethanol extract of Plinia cauliflora
- GAE, Gallic acid equivalent
- H+, Hydrogen ion dissociated
- HHb, Deoxyhemoglobin
- Hct, Hematocrit
- Irwin test
- K+, Potassium
- LA, Left arm
- LC-DAD-MS, Liquid chromatography coupled to a diode array detector and mass spectrometer
- LL, Left leg
- MAP, Mean arterial pressure
- Myrtaceae
- Na+, Sodium
- Na₂CO₃, Sodium carbonate
- O2Hb, Oxyhemoglobin
- P50, Half of the maximum hemoglobin saturation
- PCO2, Partial pressure of carbon dioxide
- PO2, Partial pressure of oxygen
- RA, Right arm
- RL, Right leg
- Respiratory
- S.E.M, Standard error of the mean
- SBP, Systolic blood pressure
- SO2, Level of hemoglobin-saturation by oxygen
- Toxicology
- UFLC, Ultra fast liquid chromatograph
- cHCO3, Bicarbonate concentration
- ctCO2 (B), Concentration of total carbon dioxide of whole blood
- ctCO2 (P), Concentration of total carbon dioxide in plasma
- ctO2, Concentration of total oxygen
- pH, Potential of hydrogen
- tHb, Hemoglobin
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Affiliation(s)
- Rhanany Alan Calloi Palozi
- Laboratório de Eletrofisiologia e Farmacologia Cardiovascular (LEFaC), Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil
| | - Lucas Pires Guarnier
- Laboratório de Eletrofisiologia e Farmacologia Cardiovascular (LEFaC), Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil
| | - Paulo Vitor Moreira Romão
- Laboratório de Eletrofisiologia e Farmacologia Cardiovascular (LEFaC), Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil
| | - Samara Requena Nocchi
- Laboratório de Produtos Naturais e Espectrometria de Massas (LaPNEM), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Alimentos e Nutrição (FACFAN), Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
| | - Carlos Calixto Dos Santos
- Laboratório de Pesquisa Pré-Clínica de Produtos Naturais, Universidade Paranaense, Umuarama, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Produtos Naturais e Espectrometria de Massas (LaPNEM), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Alimentos e Nutrição (FACFAN), Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
| | - Francielly Mourão Gasparotto
- Laboratório de Eletrofisiologia e Farmacologia Cardiovascular (LEFaC), Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil
| | - Arquimedes Gasparotto Junior
- Laboratório de Eletrofisiologia e Farmacologia Cardiovascular (LEFaC), Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil
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