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Kim HK, Choi BR, Bak YO, Zhao C, Lee SW, Jeon JH, So I, Park JK. The role of capillarisin from Artemisia capillaris on penile erection. Phytother Res 2011; 26:800-5. [PMID: 22072532 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2011] [Revised: 08/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect and mechanism of capillarisin from Artemisia capillaris (A. capillaris) on rabbit penile corpus cavernosum (PCC). The pre-contracted New Zealand White rabbit (2.5-3.0 kg) penis with phenylephrine (Phe; 10⁻⁵ M) was treated with various concentrations of ethanol extract of A. capillaris (0.1, 0.5, 1, and 2 mg/mL) and capillarisin, the active component of A. capillaris (10⁻⁷, 10⁻⁶, 10⁻⁵ and 10⁻⁴ M). Capillarisin was also applied to PCC tissues contracted with Phe, which were pre-incubated with phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5 Is). Cyclic nucleotides in the perfusate were measured by radioimmunoassay. The tissues were pre-incubated with Nω nitro-l-arginine-methyl ester (L-NAME, 10⁻³ M) and 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, 10⁻⁵ M) to block nitric oxide (NO) synthase and guanylate cyclase, respectively. Capillarisin induced penile relaxation and enhanced PDE5 Is-induced relaxation. Capillarisin increased cGMP and cAMP in the perfusate. The application of capillarisin on PCC pre-treated with L-NAME and ODQ significantly inhibited the relaxation. Capillarisin exerts the relaxing effect on PCC by activating the NO-cGMP and adenylyl cAMP signaling pathways and may become an alternative medicine for patients who want to use natural products to improve erectile function or do not completely respond to PDE5 Is.
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- Hye Kyung Kim
- Department of Urology of Medical School and Institute for Medical Sciences, Chonbuk National University, and Research Institute and CTC of Medical Device of Chonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju 561-712, Republic of Korea
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Woo TS, Yoon SY, Pena ICD, Choi JY, Lee HL, Choi YJ, Lee YS, Ryu JH, Choi JS, Cheong JH. Anticonvulsant Effect of Artemisia capillaris Herba in Mice. Biomol Ther (Seoul) 2011. [DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2011.19.3.342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Yun ES, Park SS, Shin HC, Choi YH, Kim WJ, Moon SK. p38 MAPK activation is required for esculetin-induced inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cells proliferation. Toxicol In Vitro 2011; 25:1335-42. [PMID: 21600278 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2011.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2010] [Revised: 03/17/2011] [Accepted: 05/01/2011] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The phenolic compound esculetin is known to inhibit the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). However, the signaling pathway by which esculetin mediates its molecular effects in VSMC remains to be identified. The present results suggest an unexpected role of the p38 MAPK signaling pathway in esculetin-induced inhibition of VSMC growth. Treatment of VSMC with esculetin resulted in significant growth inhibition and G1-phase cell-cycle arrest, which was followed by down-regulation of cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) expression. This G1-phase cell-cycle arrest was due to up-regulation of p21WAF1 expression. In addition, esculetin treatment activated p38 MAPK and ERK1/2. Pretreatment with SB203580, which is a p38 MAPK specific inhibitor, or expression of the dominant negative p38 MAPK (DN p38 MAPK) gene blocked esculetin-induced p38 MAPK activation and p21WAF1 expression. Finally, both the growth inhibition and the down-regulation of CDKs induced by esculetin were suppressed by either SB203580 or the DN p38 MAPK mutant gene. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that activation of p38 MAPK contributes to esculetin-induced p21WAF1 expression in VSMC by decreasing both the cyclin D1/CDK4 and cyclin E/CDK2 complexes. These novel results regarding the molecular mechanism of esculetin action suggest new preventive and therapeutic treatments for atherosclerosis.
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- Eun-Sun Yun
- Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, South Korea
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Jung HA, Islam MN, Kwon YS, Jin SE, Son YK, Park JJ, Sohn HS, Choi JS. Extraction and identification of three major aldose reductase inhibitors from Artemisia montana. Food Chem Toxicol 2011; 49:376-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2010] [Revised: 11/05/2010] [Accepted: 11/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Salehzadeh H, Nematollahi D, Rafiee M. Electrochemical dimerization of 4-methylesculetin: Synthesis and kinetic study of a highly-oxygenated dimer. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2010.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lu D, Zhang Y, Lin S, Wang L, Wang C. Sensitive detection of esculetin based on a CdSe nanoparticles-decorated poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride)-functionalized graphene nanocomposite film. Analyst 2011; 136:4447-53. [DOI: 10.1039/c1an15594f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kato A, Kobayashi K, Narukawa K, Minoshima Y, Adachi I, Hirono S, Nash RJ. 6,7-Dihydroxy-4-phenylcoumarin as inhibitor of aldose reductase 2. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2010; 20:5630-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.08.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2010] [Revised: 08/06/2010] [Accepted: 08/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Witaicenis A, Seito LN, Di Stasi LC. Intestinal anti-inflammatory activity of esculetin and 4-methylesculetin in the trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid model of rat colitis. Chem Biol Interact 2010; 186:211-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2010.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2010] [Revised: 03/23/2010] [Accepted: 03/25/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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7-Hydroxy-coumarin derivatives: synthesis, characterization and preliminary antimicrobial activities. Med Chem Res 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-010-9347-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Induction of apoptosis by esculetin in human leukemia U937 cells: Roles of Bcl-2 and extracellular-regulated kinase signaling. Toxicol In Vitro 2010; 24:486-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2009.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2009] [Revised: 08/08/2009] [Accepted: 09/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Gadi D, Bnouham M, Aziz M, Ziyyat A, Legssyer A, Legrand C, Lafeve FF, Mekhfi H. Parsley extract inhibits in vitro and ex vivo platelet aggregation and prolongs bleeding time in rats. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2009; 125:170-4. [PMID: 19467310 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2008] [Revised: 05/11/2009] [Accepted: 05/16/2009] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Many cardiovascular diseases are associated with an increase in blood platelet activity. In Morocco, parsley (Petroselinum crispum, Apiaceae) is one of the medicinal herbs used to treat cardiovascular diseases such as arterial hypertension. In this study, crude aqueous extract (CAE) of parsley was evaluated for its anti-platelet activity in experimental animals on platelet aggregation in vitro and ex vivo; and on bleeding time in vivo. The in vitro aggregation was monitored after pre-incubation of platelets with CAE. The bleeding time and ex vivo aggregation were performed after oral treatment. CAE inhibited dose dependently platelet aggregation in vitro induced by thrombin, ADP, collagen and epinephrine. The oral administration of CAE (3g/kg) inhibited significantly (p<0.001) platelet aggregation ex vivo and prolonged bleeding time (p<0.001) without changes in the platelet amount. The prolongation of bleeding time by CAE may be attributed to the observed inhibition of platelet aggregation. These effects could be related in part to the polyphenolic compounds present in the extract. These results support the hypothesis that the dietary intake of parsley may be benefit in the normalization of platelet hyperactivation, in the nutritional prevention of cardiovascular diseases and are potentially interesting in the development of new prevention strategies.
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- Dounia Gadi
- Université Mohamed I(er), Faculté des Sciences, Laboratoire de Physiologie et Ethnopharmacologie, UFR "Physiologie et Pharmacologie", BP717, Oujda, Morocco
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Enhancement of esculetin on arsenic trioxide-provoked apoptosis in human leukemia U937 cells. Chem Biol Interact 2009; 180:61-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2009.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2008] [Revised: 01/20/2009] [Accepted: 01/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Bioactive metabolites from Spilanthes acmella Murr. Molecules 2009; 14:850-67. [PMID: 19255544 PMCID: PMC6253828 DOI: 10.3390/molecules14020850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2009] [Revised: 02/13/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Spilanthes acmella Murr. (Compositae) has been used as a traditional medicine for toothache, rheumatism and fever. Its extracts had been shown to exhibit vasorelaxant and antioxidant activities. Herein, its antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities were evaluated. Agar dilution method assays against 27 strains of microorganisms were performed. Results showed that fractions from the chloroform and methanol extracts inhibited the growth of many tested organisms, e.g. Corynebacterium diphtheriae NCTC 10356 with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 64-256 μg/mL and Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 with MIC of 128-256 μg/mL. The tested fractions all exhibited antioxidant properties in both DPPH and SOD assays. Potent radical scavenging activity was observed in the DPPH assay. No cytotoxic effects of the extracts against KB and HuCCA-1 cell lines were evident. Bioassay-guided isolation resulted in a diverse group of bioactive compounds such as phenolics [vanillic acid (2), trans-ferulic acid (5) and trans-isoferulic acid (6)], coumarin (scopoletin, 4) and triterpenoids like 3-acetylaleuritolic acid (1), β-sitostenone (3), stigmasterol and stigmasteryl-3-O-β-D-glucopyranosides, in addition to a mixture of stigmasteryl-and β-sitosteryl-3-O-β-D-glucopyranosides. The compounds 1–6 represent bioactive metabolites of S. acmella Murr. that were never previously reported. Our findings demonstrate for the first time the potential benefits of this medicinal plant as a rich source of high therapeutic value compounds for medicines, cosmetics, supplements and as a health food.
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The effect of capillarisin on glycochenodeoxycholic acid-induced apoptosis and heme oxygenase-1 in rat primary hepatocytes. Mol Cell Biochem 2009; 325:53-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-008-0019-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2008] [Accepted: 12/30/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Amat A, Angelis FD, Sgamellotti A, Fantacci S. Theoretical investigation of the structural and electronic properties of luteolin, apigenin and their deprotonated species. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2008.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Wang Z, Ling B, Zhang R, Liu Y. Docking and Molecular Dynamics Study on the Inhibitory Activity of Coumarins on Aldose Reductase. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:10033-40. [DOI: 10.1021/jp8033227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Zhiguo Wang
- Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai 810001, China, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai 810001, China, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai 810001, China, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai 810001, China, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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Panda S, Kar A. Evaluation of the antithyroid, antioxidative and antihyperglycemic activity of scopoletin from Aegle marmelos leaves in hyperthyroid rats. Phytother Res 2008; 20:1103-5. [PMID: 17078113 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Scopoletin (7-hydroxy-6-methoxy coumarin) was isolated from the leaves of Aegle marmelos and evaluated for its potential to regulate hyperthyroidism, lipid peroxidation and hyperglycemia in levo-thyroxine-induced hyperthyroid rats. Scopoletin (1.00 mg/kg, p.o.) administered daily for 7 days to levo-thyroxine-treated animals decreased the levels of serum thyroid hormones and glucose as well as hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase activity, demonstrating its potential to regulate hyperthyroidism and hyperglycemia. Scopoletin also inhibited hepatic lipid peroxidation and increased the activity of antioxidants, superoxide dismutase and catalase. Compared with the standard antithyroid drug, propylthiouracil, scopoletin exhibited a superior therapeutic activity, since unlike propylthiouracil, it also inhibited hepatic lipid peroxidation. These findings indicate that scopoletin has the potential to inhibit thyroid function and hyperglycemia without hepatotoxicity.
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- Sunanda Panda
- School of Life Sciences, Devi Ahilya University, Vigyan Bhavan, Khandwa Road Campus, Indore 0452017, M.P., India
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Dwivedi AP, Kumar S, Varshney V, Singh AB, Srivastava AK, Sahu DP. Synthesis and antihyperglycemic activity of novel N-acyl-2-arylethylamines and N-acyl-3-coumarylamines. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008; 18:2301-5. [PMID: 18353644 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2008] [Revised: 02/27/2008] [Accepted: 03/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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A series of novel N-acyl-2-arylethylamines and N-acyl-3-coumarylamines were synthesized and evaluated for their antihyperglycemic activity. Compounds 3g and 6d exhibited lowering of postprandial plasma glucose by 30.7%, 23.3% in SLM and 25.6%, 25.4% in STZ models respectively which is significant compared to metformin and glybenclamide. Other compounds exhibited moderate to good activity ranging from 19.5% to 32.8% in SLM and 3.26% to 25.4% in STZ models.
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- Atma P Dwivedi
- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, Central Drug Research Institute, M.G. Marg, P B No. 173, Lucknow 226001, India
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Suppression of PMA-induced tumor cell invasion by capillarisin via the inhibition of NF-κB-dependent MMP-9 expression. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 366:1019-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.12.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2007] [Accepted: 12/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Yang CC, Lee MR, Hsu SL, Chang CMJ. Supercritical fluids extraction of capillarisin from Artemisia capillaris and its inhibition of in vitro growth of hepatoma cells. J Supercrit Fluids 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2006.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Jung UJ, Baek NI, Chung HG, Bang MH, Yoo JS, Jeong TS, Lee KT, Kang YJ, Lee MK, Kim HJ, Yeo JY, Choi MS. The anti-diabetic effects of ethanol extract from two variants of Artemisia princeps Pampanini in C57BL/KsJ-db/db mice. Food Chem Toxicol 2007; 45:2022-9. [PMID: 17574717 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2006] [Revised: 03/05/2007] [Accepted: 04/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The anti-diabetic effects of two variants of Artemisia princeps Pampanini, sajabalssuk (SB) and sajuarissuk (SS), were investigated in type 2 diabetic animal using their ethanol extracts. Male C57BL/KsJ-db/db (db/db) mice were divided into control, SB ethanol extract (SBE), SS ethanol extract (SSE), or rosiglitazone (RG) groups and their age-matched littermates (db/+) were used. Supplementation of the SBE (0.171 g/100g diet), SSE (0.154 g/100g diet), and RG (0.005 g/100g diet) improved glucose and insulin tolerance and significantly lowered blood glycosylated hemoglobin levels, as compared to the control group. Plasma insulin, C-peptide and glucagon levels in db/db mice were higher in the db/+ mice, however these values were significantly lowered by SBE, SSE or RG-supplement. Hepatic GK activity was significantly lower in the db/db mice than in the db/+ mice, while hepatic G6Pase activity was vice versa. Supplementation of SBE, SSE and RG reversed these hepatic glucose-regulating enzyme activities. In addition, SBE and SSE markedly increased the hepatic glycogen content and muscle ratio as compared to the control group, but they did not alter the food intake, body weight and plasma leptin level. The RG group, however, showed a significant increase in the food intake, body weight and plasma leptin. These results suggest that SBE and SSE exert an anti-diabetic effect in type 2 diabetic mice.
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- U J Jung
- Institute of Human Nutrition, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States
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Ramesh B, Pugalendi KV. Antihyperglycemic Effect of Umbelliferone in Streptozotocin-Diabetic Rats. J Med Food 2006; 9:562-6. [PMID: 17201645 DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2006.9.562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The present study was designed to investigate the antihyperglycemic effect of Umbelliferone (UMB) in normal and streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats. Diabetes was induced in adult male albino rats of the Wistar strain, weighing 180-200 g, by administration of STZ (40 mg/kg of body weight) intraperitoneally. Diabetic rats showed an increase in levels of blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA(1c)) and activities of gluconeogenic enzymes such as glucose-6-phosphatase and fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, and a decrease in levels of plasma insulin, hemoglobin (Hb), and liver glycogen and activities of glucokinase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Intraperitoneal administration of UMB (10, 20, and 30 mg/kg of body weight) and glibenclamide (600 micro g/kg of body weight) in 10% dimethyl sulfoxide dissolved in water, for 45 days, produced significantly decreased levels of blood glucose and HbA(1c) and activities of glucose-6-phosphatase and fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, while elevating levels of plasma insulin, Hb, and liver glycogen and activities of glucokinase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase to near normal levels in STZ-diabetic rats when compared with normal control rats. Normal rats treated with UMB (30 mg/kg of body weight) also showed a significant effect on glycemic control. Thus, our results show that UMB at 30 mg/kg of body weight possesses a promising antihyperglycemic effect that is comparable with glibenclamide.
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- B Ramesh
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamilnadu, India
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Ribnicky DM, Poulev A, Watford M, Cefalu WT, Raskin I. Antihyperglycemic activity of Tarralin, an ethanolic extract of Artemisia dracunculus L. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2006; 13:550-7. [PMID: 16920509 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2005.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The studies reported here were undertaken to examine the antihyperglycemic activity of an ethanolic extract of Artemisia dracunculus L., called Tarralin in diabetic and non-diabetic animals. In genetically diabetic KK-A(gamma) mice, Tarralin treatment by gavage (500 mg/kg body wt./day for 7 days) lowered elevated blood glucose levels by 24% from 479+/-25 to 352+/-16 mg/dl relative to control animals. In comparison, treatment with the known antidiabetic drugs, troglitazone (30 mg/kg body wt./day) and metformin (300 mg/kg body wt./day), decreased blood glucose concentrations by 28% and 41%, respectively. Blood insulin concentrations were reduced in the KK-A(gamma) mice by 33% with Tarralin, 48% with troglitazone and 52% with metformin. In (STZ)-induced diabetic mice, Tarralin treatment, (500 mg/kg body wt./day for 7 days), also significantly lowered blood glucose concentrations, by 20%, from 429+/-41 to 376+/-58 mg/dl relative to control. As a possible mechanism, Tarralin was shown to significantly decrease phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) mRNA expression by 28% in STZ-induced diabetic rats. In non-diabetic animals, treatment with Tarralin did not significantly alter PEPCK expression, blood glucose or insulin concentrations. The extract was also shown to increase the binding of glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) to its receptor in vitro. These results indicate that Tarralin has antihyperglycemic activity and a potential role in the management of diabetic states.
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- D M Ribnicky
- Biotech Center, Cook College, Rutgers University, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA.
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Logendra S, Ribnicky DM, Yang H, Poulev A, Ma J, Kennelly EJ, Raskin I. Bioassay-guided isolation of aldose reductase inhibitors from Artemisia dracunculus. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2006; 67:1539-46. [PMID: 16806328 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2005] [Revised: 05/05/2006] [Accepted: 05/10/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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An ethanolic extract of Artemisia dracunculus L. having antidiabetic activity was examined as a possible aldose reductase (ALR2) inhibitor, a key enzyme involved in diabetic complications. At 3.75 microg/mL, the total extract inhibited ALR2 activity by 40%, while quercitrin, a known ALR2 inhibitor, inhibited its activity by 54%. Bioactivity guided fractionation and isolation of the compounds that inhibit ALR2 activity was carried out with the total ethanolic extract yielding four bioactive compounds with ALR2 inhibitory activity ranging from 58% to 77% at 3.75 microg/mL. Using LC/MS, (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR and 2D NMR spectroscopic analyses, the four compounds were identified as 4,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid, davidigenin, 6-demethoxycapillarisin and 2',4'-dihydroxy-4-methoxydihydrochalcone. This is the first report on their isolation from A. dracunculus and the ALR2 inhibitory activity of 4,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid, 6-demethoxycapillarisin and 2',4'-dihydroxy-4-methoxydihydrochalcone. These results suggest a use of the extract of A. dracunculus for ameliorating diabetic complications.
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- Sithes Logendra
- Biotech Center, Cook College, Rutgers University, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
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Ma CH, Ke W, Sun ZL, Peng JY, Li ZX, Zhou X, Fan GR, Huang CG. Large-Scale Isolation and Purification of Scoparone from Herba artemisiae scopariae by High-Speed Counter-Current Chromatography. Chromatographia 2006. [DOI: 10.1365/s10337-006-0789-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Kuo HC, Lee HJ, Hu CC, Shun HI, Tseng TH. Enhancement of esculetin on Taxol-induced apoptosis in human hepatoma HepG2 cells. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2006; 210:55-62. [PMID: 16051289 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2005.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2005] [Revised: 06/14/2005] [Accepted: 06/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The potential use of low dose chemotherapy has been appealing since lower dosages are more attainable during cancer therapy and cause less toxicity in patients. Combination therapy of Taxol, a promising frontline chemotherapy agent, with natural anti-tumor agents that are considerably less toxic with a capability of activating additional apoptotic signals or inhibiting survival signals may provide a rational molecular basis for novel chemotherapeutic strategies. Esculetin, a well-known lipoxygenase inhibitor, showed an inhibitory effect on the cell cycle progression of HL-60 cells in our previous study. In this report, the effects of a concomitant administration of esculetin and Taxol were investigated in human hepatoma HepG2 cells. Firstly, esculetin alone could exert an antiproliferation effect together with an inhibitory effect on the activation of ERKs and p38 MAPK. As compared to the treatment with Taxol only, a co-administration with esculetin and Taxol could result in a further enhancement of apoptosis as revealed by DNA fragmentation assay and Annexin-V-based assay. Meanwhile, immunoblotting analysis also showed that the co-administration of esculetin and Taxol could increase the expression of Bax and the cytosolic release of cytochrome C and enhance the expression of Fas and Fas ligand while the activation of caspase-8 and caspase-3 was also increased. Finally, the ERK cascade was proven to be involved in the enhancement of esculetin on the Taxol-induced apoptosis.
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- Hsing-Chun Kuo
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Chien Kuo N. Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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Kuniga T, Matsuo Y, Tsumura T, Kojima K, Matsumoto R. Production of Phytoalexin, Scoparone in Citrus Cultivars Following Treatment with UV Radiation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.2503/hrj.4.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Masamoto Y, Murata Y, Baba K, Shimoishi Y, Tada M, Takahata K. Inhibitory Effects of Esculetin on Melanin Biosynthesis. Biol Pharm Bull 2004; 27:422-5. [PMID: 14993815 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.27.422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To investigate the structure-activity relationship of coumarins for the inhibitory activity on mushroom tyrosinase, the 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50 values) of 18 coumarins and four cinnamic acid derivatives were measured. Among these compounds, esculetin had the strongest inhibitory activity (IC50=43 microM) on mushroom tyrosinase. Introduction of a hydroxy group to the C6 and C7 positions of the coumarin ring and no substitution on the lactone ring played an important role in the expression of the strong inhibitory activity of esculetin. We performed further studies to estimate the in vitro inhibitory effects of esculetin on melanogenesis. Esculetin 5 microM significantly suppressed melanin production in murine B16 melanoma cells without affecting cell growth. Furthermore, the number of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA)-positive melanocytes in the split-epidermal sheets treated with 0.05% or 0.1% esculetin was significantly lower than that in the control. From these results, it is suggested that esculetin has inhibitory effects on tyrosinase activity in vitro. However, further detailed studies are necessary to understand the inhibitory mechanism of esculetin.
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- Yukimitsu Masamoto
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima-Naka, Okayama, Japan
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Enomoto S, Okada Y, Güvenc A, Erdurak CS, Coşkun M, Coşkun M, Okuyama T. Inhibitory Effect of Traditional Turkish Folk Medicines on Aldose Reductase (AR) and Hematological Activity, and on AR Inhibitory Activity of Quercetin-3-O-methyl Ether Isolated from Cistus laurifolius L. Biol Pharm Bull 2004; 27:1140-3. [PMID: 15256757 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.27.1140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The inhibitory effects of 40 extracts prepared from 38 traditional Turkish folk medicines on human aldose reductase (h-AR) and hematological activity were investigated. Seven plants containing 5 species of Cistus genus exhibited a potent inhibition of h-AR. Ferulago amani (root) inhibited the platelet aggregation induced by sodium arachidonate, while C. laurifolius (fruit) was found to possess strong inhibition in the blood coagulation assay. An AcOEt extract derived from the leaf of C. laurifolius was purified to isolate three known flavonoids. The activity of one, quercetin-3-O-methyl ether, was found to be as potent as that of eparlestat, which is known to be a remedy for treating complications associated with diabetes.
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- Shigeki Enomoto
- Department of Natural Medicine and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
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Scio E, Ribeiro A, Alves TMA, Romanha AJ, Dias de Souza Filho J, Cordell GA, Zani CL. Diterpenes from Alomia myriadenia (Asteraceae) with cytotoxic and trypanocidal activity. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2003; 64:1125-1131. [PMID: 14568079 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(03)00529-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Further investigation of the aerial parts of Alomia myriadenia revealed an halimane diterpene identified as ent-8S,12S-epoxy-7R,16-dihydroxyhalima-5(10),13-dien-15,16-olide along with the known ent-16-hydroxylabda-7,13-dien-15,16-olide, ent-12R-hydroxylabda-7,13-dien-15,16-olide, 6,7-methylenedioxycoumarin (ayapin), and kaempferol-7-methylether (rhamnocitrin). Evaluated in a panel of human cancer cell lines, the 16-hydroxylabade diterpene was the most active, showing an ED(50) value of 0.3 mug/ml against Lu1 (human lung cancer) cells. Tested in vitro against Trypanosoma cruzi in infected murine blood, this compound caused lysis of 100% of the parasites at 250 mug/ml.
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- Elita Scio
- Laboratório de Química de Produtos Naturais, CPqRR-FIOCRUZ, Av. Augusto de Lima, 1715, Belo Horizonte, MG 30190-002, Brazil
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Knox YM, Suzutani T, Yosida I, Azuma M. Anti-influenza virus activity of crude extract of Ribes nigrum L. Phytother Res 2003; 17:120-2. [PMID: 12601672 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This experiment was designed to detect the antiviral activities of crude fruit extracts of wild Ribes nigrum L. (Kurokarin extract) against influenza virus types A and B. Kurokarin extract was prepared as follows: fruits of Ribes nigrum L. were heated at 50 degrees C in a heating tank, and then ground under anaerobic conditions. The extracts were centrifuged, and the supernatant fluid was filtered and sterilized by infrared rays. The crude extract was diluted with Eagle's minimum essential medium (MEM) and the solution was adjusted to a pH 7.2 with 0.1 N or 1 N NaOH. Proven anti-influenza virus effects of the extracts were shown. The concentration of extract required to inhibit the plaque formation of both IVA and IVB by 50% (IC(50)) was 3.2 microgram/mL. Both IVA and IVB were directly inactivated up to 99% by 10 microgram/mL of the extract at pH 2.8, and 95% to 98% by this dose at pH 7.2. The growth of IVA in cells treated with 10 and 100 microgram/mL of the extract for 6 h after infection was completely suppressed. Virus titres in culture fluids of the cells treated with 100 microgram/mL of Kurokarin extract for 1 h at 8 to 9 h after infection, were completely suppressed, indicating that the extract inhibited the virus release from the infected cells.
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- Yoko M Knox
- Department of Microbiology, Asahikawa Medical College, 2-1-1-1 Midorigaoka-higashi, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan.
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Wang CJ, Hsieh YJ, Chu CY, Lin YL, Tseng TH. Inhibition of cell cycle progression in human leukemia HL-60 cells by esculetin. Cancer Lett 2002; 183:163-8. [PMID: 12065091 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(02)00031-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Esculetin, a coumarin compound, was found to inhibit cell growth and cell cycle progression by inducing arrest of the G1 phase in HL-60 cells. To obtain information regarding cell cycle arrest induced by esculetin, we examined its effect on the regulating factors of the G1 phase in the leukemia HL-60 cells treated with esculetin by Western blotting. Our observations were: (1) a distinct increase in the level of hypophosphorylated retinoblastoma protein (pRb), and a reduction in the level of CDK4 after treatment with 100 microM of esculetin for 24 h; (2) a marked up-regulation of p27, and a down-regulation of cyclin D1 after treatment with 100 microM esculetin for 24 h. These results suggest that esculetin can inhibit the growth of human leukemia HL-60 cells by G1 phase cell cycle arrest as a result of inhibited pRb phosphorylation.
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- Chau Jong Wang
- Institute of Biochemistry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Rastelli G, Ferrari AM, Costantino L, Gamberini MC. Discovery of new inhibitors of aldose reductase from molecular docking and database screening. Bioorg Med Chem 2002; 10:1437-50. [PMID: 11886806 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(01)00410-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Aldose reductase (ALR2) is a target enzyme for the treatment of diabetic complications. Owing to the limited number of currently available drugs for the treatment of diabetic complications, the discovery of new inhibitors of ALR2 that can potentially be optimized as drugs appears highly desirable. In this study, a molecular docking analysis of the structures of more than 127,000 organic compounds contained in the National Cancer Institute database was performed to find and score molecules that are complementary to ALR2. Besides retrieving several carboxylic acid derivatives, which are known to generally inhibit aldose reductase, docking proposed other families of putative inhibitors such as sulfonic acids, nitro-derivatives, sulfonamides and carbonyl derivatives. Twenty-five compounds, chosen as the highest-scoring representatives of each of these families, were tested as aldose reductase inhibitors. Five of them were found to inhibit aldose reductase in the micromolar range. For these active compounds, selectivity with respect to the closely-related aldehyde reductase was determined by measuring the corresponding inhibitory activities. The structures of the complexes between the new lead inhibitors and aldose reductase, here refined with molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics calculations, suggest that new pharmacophoric groups can bind aldose reductase very efficiently. In the case of the family of the nitro-derivative inhibitors, a class of particularly interesting compounds, a round of optimizations was performed with the synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of derivatives aimed at testing the proposed binding mode and at improving interaction with active site residues. Starting from a hit compound having an IC(50) of 42 microM, the most potent compound synthesized showed a 10-fold increase in inhibitory activity and 10-fold selectivity with respect to ALR1, and structure--activity relationships of the designed compounds were in agreement with the proposed mode of binding at the active site.
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- Giulio Rastelli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 183, 41100, Modena, Italy.
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Murray RDH. The naturally occurring coumarins. FORTSCHRITTE DER CHEMIE ORGANISCHER NATURSTOFFE = PROGRESS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC NATURAL PRODUCTS. PROGRES DANS LA CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES ORGANIQUES NATURELLES 2002; 83:1-619. [PMID: 11892256 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6172-2_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Robert D H Murray
- Chemistry Department, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland
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Chu CY, Tsai YY, Wang CJ, Lin WL, Tseng TH. Induction of apoptosis by esculetin in human leukemia cells. Eur J Pharmacol 2001; 416:25-32. [PMID: 11282109 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(01)00859-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Esculetin, a coumarin compound, has been shown to exhibit antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. In the present study, esculetin was found to inhibit the survival of human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells in a concentration-dependent and time-dependent manner. HL-60 cells underwent internucleosomal DNA fragmentation and morphological changes characteristic of apoptosis after a 24-h treatment with esculetin (100 microM). Flow cytometric analysis showed that the hypodiploid nuclei of HL-60 cells were increased to 40.93% after a 36-h treatment with esculetin (100 microM). Further investigation showed that esculetin induced the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria into cytosol in a time-dependent and concentration-dependent manner. Moreover, esculetin application reduced Bcl-2 protein expression to 58% after 9 h as compared with that time at 0. Cysteine protease 32 kDa proenzyme (CPP32), a caspase 3, was activated and its substrate, poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase, was cleaved after a 24-h treatment of HL-60 cells with esculetin. These data suggest that esculetin induces apoptosis in human leukemia cells by increasing cytosolic translocation of cytochrome c and activation of CPP32.
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- C Y Chu
- Department and Institute of Biochemistry, Chung Shan Medical and Dental College, No. 110, Section 1, Chien Kuo N. Road, 402, Taichung, Taiwan
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Sheu SJ, Chieh CL, Weng WC. Capillary electrophoretic determination of the constituents of Artemisiae Capillaris Herba. J Chromatogr A 2001; 911:285-93. [PMID: 11293590 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)00513-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Two capillary electrophoretic methods, a micellar electrokinetic electrophoretic (MEKC) one and a capillary zone electrophoretic (CZE) one, were developed for the separation of 12 constituents in Artemisiae Capillaris Herba. Detection at 254 nm with 20 mM sodium dodecyl sulfate and 20 mM sodium borate buffer (pH 9.82) in MEKC or with 25 mM sodium borate and 6.75 mg/ml 2,3,6-tri-O-methyl-beta-cyclodextrin buffer in CZE was found to be the most suitable approach for this analysis. Within 42 min, the MEKC method could successfully separate 12 authentic constituents, whereof chlorogenic acid, however, appeared as a broad and split peak, and capillarisin and chlorogenic acid overlapped partially with other coexisting substances in crude extract of the herb. The CZE method could completely overcome these problems and was used to determine the amounts of capillarisin, chlorogenic acid, scopoletin and caffeic acid in the extract. The effect of buffers on the constituent separation and the validation of the two methods were discussed.
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- S J Sheu
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei.
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Fort DM, Rao K, Jolad SD, Luo J, Carlson TJ, King SR. Antihyperglycemic activity of Teramnus labialis (Fabaceae). PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2000; 6:465-467. [PMID: 10715850 DOI: 10.1016/s0944-7113(00)80075-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In vivo bioassay-guided fractionation of the aqueous alcohol extract of the aerial parts of Teramnus labialis (Roxb.) Benth. (Fabaceae), using C57BL/Ks-db/db mice as a model for type 2 diabetes, yielded an active fraction containing a mixture of coumarins. The major coumarin present in the active fraction was identified as fraxidin.
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- D M Fort
- Shaman Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Sardari S, Nishibe S, Daneshtalab M. Coumarins, the bioactive structures with antifungal property. BIOACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS (PART D) 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s1572-5995(00)80133-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Kinetic studies on the aldose reductase protein (AR2) have shown that it does not behave as a classical enzyme in relation to ring aldose sugars. These results have been confirmed by X-ray crystallography studies, which have pinpointed binding sites for pharmacological "aklose reductase inhibitors" (ARIs). As with non-enzymic glycation reactions, there is probably a free-radical element involved derived from monosaccharide autoxidation. In the case of AR2, there is free radical oxidation of NADPH by autoxidising monosaccharides, enhanced in the presence of the NADPH-binding protein. Whatever the behaviour of AR2, many studies have showed that sorbitol production is not an initiating aetiological factor in the development of diabetic complications in humans. Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), other antioxidants and high fat diets can delay or prevent cataract in diabetic animals even though sorbitol and fructose levels are not modified; vitamin C acts as an AR1 in humans. Protein post-translational modification by glyc-oxidation or other events is probably the key factor in the aetiology of diabetic complications. There is now no need to invoke AR2 in xylitol biosynthesis. Xylitol can be produced in the lens from glucose, via a pathway involving the enzymes myo-inositol-oxygen oxidoreductase, D-glucuronate reductase. L-gulonate NAD(+)-3-oxidoreductase and L-iditol-NAD(+)-5-oxidoreductase, all of which have recently been found in bovine and rat lens. This chapter investigates the molecular events underlying AR2 and its binding and kinetics. Induction of the protein by osmotic response elements is discussed, with detailed analysis of recent in vitro and in vivo experiments on numerous ARIs. These have a number of actions in the cell which are not specific, and which do not involve them binding to AR2. These include peroxy-radical scavenging and recently discovered effects of metal ion chelation. In controlled experiments, it has been found that incubation of rat lens homogenate with glucose and the copper chelator o-phenanthroline abolishes production of sorbitol. Taken together, these results suggest AR2 is a vestigial NADPH-binding protein, perhaps similar in function to a number of non-mammalian crystallins which have been recruited into the lens. There is mounting evidence for the binding of reactive aldehyde moieties to the protein, and the involvement of AR2 either as a 'housekeeping' protein, or in a free-radial-mediated 'catalytic' role. Interfering with the NADPH binding and flux levels--possibly involving free radicals and metal ions--has a deleterious effect. We have yet to determine whether aldose reductase is the black sheep of the aldehyde reductase family, or whether it is a skeleton in the cupboard, waiting to be clothed in the flesh of new revelations in the interactions between proteins, metal ions and redox metabolites.
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- M J Crabbe
- Wolfson Laboratory, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Berks, UK.
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- A Estévez-Braun
- Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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