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Bouazza A, Fontaine E, Leverve X, Koceir EA. Interference of altered plasma trace elements profile with hyperhomocysteinemia and oxidative stress damage to insulin secretion dysfunction in Psammomys obesus: focus on the selenium. Arch Physiol Biochem 2023; 129:505-518. [PMID: 33171059 DOI: 10.1080/13813455.2020.1839501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2022]
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The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between altered plasma trace elements, particularly selenium (Se), with Hyper-homocysteinemia (HhCys) as a predictive factor of insulin secretion dysfunction. The study is carried out on adult Psammomys obesus, divided in 4 experimental groups: (I) Normoglycemic/Normoinsulinemic; (II) Normoglycemic/Hyperinsulinemic; (III) Hyperglycaemic/Hyperinsulinemic and (IV) Hyperglycaemic/Insulin deficiency with ketoacidosis. The data showed that a drastic depletion of Se plasma levels is positively correlated with HhCys (>15 µmol/L; p < .001), concomitantly with decreased GPx activity, GSH levels, and GSH/GSSG ratio in group IV both in plasma and liver. In contrast, SOD activity is increased (p ≤ .001) in group IV both in plasma and liver. However, plasma Cu and Mn levels increased, while plasma Zn levels decreased in group IV (p < .001). Our study confirms the increase of plasma hCys levels seemed to be a major contributing factor to antioxidant capacities and alters the availability of selenium metabolism by interference with homocysteine synthesis in the insulin secretion deficiency stage.
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- Asma Bouazza
- Bioenergetics and Intermediary Metabolism team, Laboratory of Biology and Organism Physiology, Biological Sciences faculty, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), Algiers, Algeria
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- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Fondamentale et Appliquée (LBFA), INSERM, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Fondamentale et Appliquée (LBFA), INSERM, Grenoble, France
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- Bioenergetics and Intermediary Metabolism team, Laboratory of Biology and Organism Physiology, Biological Sciences faculty, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), Algiers, Algeria
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Zennaf I, Tir touil A, Meddah B, Mokhtar M. Ethnobotanical and Phytochemical Study of the Medicinal Plant Atriplex Halimus and Its Importance in the Traditional Algerian Pharmacopoeia. FRENCH-UKRAINIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.17721/fujcv10i1p60-69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Atriplex halimus, is a medicinal plant widely used in Algerian phytotherapy. This study included an ethnobotanical and phytochemical survey on aqueous extracts (phytochemical screening, HPLC analysis, phenolic content and antioxidant activity). The ethnobotanical study on A. halimus showed that aqueous extracts are the most used therapeutic means. The phytochemical study has determined that the phenolic content varies significantly from one extract to another depending on the extraction method. In addition, HPLC analysis has revealed various bioactive compounds that mainly belong to the flavonoid category. A. halimus is a valuable source of nutraceutic for various diseases.
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Bouasla A, Bouasla I. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in northeastern of Algeria. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2017; 36:68-81. [PMID: 29157830 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2017.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2017] [Revised: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND In order to document medicinal uses of plants in the northeastern of Algeria, preserve traditional heritage and highlighted the risks of excessive human exploitation on flora and biodiversity of the region, an inventory of medicinal species existed in the traditional pharmacopoeia in Skikda region (north-east of Algeria) was made. The survey was carried out during the year (2015-2016), through face to face interviews, using pre-prepared questionnaire. The form contains: sociodemorgaphic profile of each respondent (sex, age, educational level and monthly income), local name of medicinal species used, uses, used parts and methods of preparations. RESULTS A total of 90 species belonging to 42 botanical families, were listed. The analysis of the obtained results showed that the frequency of use of medicinal plants is related to the age, sex, educational level and monthly income of our respondents. It was recorded that the majority of remedies are prepared in the form of a decoctate from the leaves of the different species, in order to treat a wide range of diseases especially those of the digestive tract. CONCLUSION Local population has a rich indigenous knowledge, but is always stays not adequately documented. It should be noted that some listed species are suffering from surexploitation which can subjects to the disappearance of the most vulnerable species. It will be urgent and essential to adopt a sustainable management strategy to avoid the degradation of biodiversity of the region.
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- Asma Bouasla
- Faculty of Sciences, Mohamed Chérif Messaadia University, Souk Ahras, Algeria; Laboratory of Biochemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Sciences, Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba, Algeria.
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Sciences, Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba, Algeria.
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Psammomys obesus, a unique model of metabolic syndrome, inflammation and autophagy in the pathologic development of hepatic steatosis. C R Biol 2016; 339:475-486. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Revised: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Alsersy H, Salem AZM, Borhami BE, Olivares J, Gado HM, Mariezcurrena MD, Yacuot MH, Kholif AE, El-Adawy M, Hernandez SR. Effect of Mediterranean saltbush (Atriplex halimus) ensilaging with two developed enzyme cocktails on feed intake, nutrient digestibility and ruminal fermentation in sheep. Anim Sci J 2014; 86:51-8. [DOI: 10.1111/asj.12247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Haidy Alsersy
- Faculty of Agriculture; Alexandria University; Alexandria Egypt
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- Faculty of Agriculture; Alexandria University; Alexandria Egypt
- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México; Estado de México México
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia; Carretera Altamirano - Iguala; Guerrero México
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- Faculty of Agriculture; Animal Production Department; Ain Shams University; Cairo Egypt
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México; Estado de México México
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- Dairy Science Department; National Research Centre; Cairo Egypt
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- Faculty of Agriculture; Alexandria University; Alexandria Egypt
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia; Carretera Altamirano - Iguala; Guerrero México
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Boudjelal A, Henchiri C, Sari M, Sarri D, Hendel N, Benkhaled A, Ruberto G. Herbalists and wild medicinal plants in M'Sila (North Algeria): an ethnopharmacology survey. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2013; 148:395-402. [PMID: 23643544 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.03.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2012] [Revised: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/31/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The main aim of this study was to identify, catalogue and document the large number of wild medicinal plants used in the M'Sila region (northern Algeria) for the treatment of several human pathologies. Another more ambitious aim is to contribute to overcoming the limits of an orally transmitted pharmacopoeia, attempting to exploit the large ethnopharmacology patrimony of the region for further pharmacological purposes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Our field study was carried out over a period of three years (2008-2010). During this period, herbalists were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaires investigating the herbalist as a holder of information (gender, age and educational level) and about wild medicinal plants (local name, uses and part used). In addition, the relative importance value of the species was determined and informant consensus factor (ICF) was calculated for the medicinal plants included in the study. RESULTS A total of 83 herbalists were interviewed; men dominate the practice of traditional medicine in the region. About 41% of them are between 31 and 40 years, and about a third (34%) are illiterate. The traditional herbal knowledge is passed from generation to generation in the verbal form, a writing tradition being almost totally absent. The interviewed herbalists identified and recorded 58 plants species and 50 genera belonging to 27 plant families. Lamiaceae and Asteraceae were the most represented plant families. The aerial parts were the most commonly used plant part, while infusion and decoction were the most common method of traditional drug preparation. CONCLUSIONS The survey provides a veritable source of information on the herbalists and wild medicinal plants. Plants which are used in different parts of the world for the treatment of similar diseases may be deemed to be effective in pharmacological terms. These medicinal plants may be incorporated into the healthcare delivery system of the country.
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- Amel Boudjelal
- Faculté des Sciences, Département des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université de M'Sila, 28000 M'Sila, Algeria.
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Clauser M, Dall'Acqua S, Loi MC, Innocenti G. Phytochemical investigation on Atriplex halimus L. from Sardinia. Nat Prod Res 2013; 27:1940-4. [DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2013.793684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Maria Clauser
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 5, 35100, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 5, 35100, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Botany and Botanical Garden Division, University of Cagliari, Viale Sant'Ignazio da Laconi, 13, 09123, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 5, 35100, Padova, Italy
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Azaizeh H, Fulder S, Khalil K, Said O. Ethnobotanical knowledge of local Arab practitioners in the Middle Eastern region. Fitoterapia 2003; 74:98-108. [PMID: 12628401 DOI: 10.1016/s0367-326x(02)00285-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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An ethnobotanical survey was conducted among 31 local Arab practitioners living in Galilee, Negev, Golan Heights and West Bank. Seeing that the Arabic traditional medicine is in danger of disappearing, a multilevel program is required, involving the training of local practitioners, an establishment of a regional medicinal plant botanical garden and a field gene bank for plant preservation.
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- H Azaizeh
- Research and Development Regional Center (affiliated with Haifa University, Haifa, Israel), The Galilee Society, PO Box 437, Shefa-Amr 20200, Israel.
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Benwahhoud M, Jouad H, Eddouks M, Lyoussi B. Hypoglycemic effect of Suaeda fruticosa in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2001; 76:35-38. [PMID: 11378278 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-8741(01)00207-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to examine the hypoglycemic activity of the aqueous extract of the aerial part of Suaeda fruticosa (SF) in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. The aqueous extract was administered intravenously (i.v.) and the blood glucose changes were determined within 4 h after starting the treatment. Plasma insulin, cholesterol and triglycerides levels were also determined. The aqueous extract at a dose of 192 mg/kg produced a significant decrease in blood glucose levels in normal rats (P < 0.05), and even more in diabetic rats (P < 0.001). This hypoglycemic effect might be due to an extra-pancreatic action of the aqueous extract of SF, since that the levels of plasma insulin were unchanged between the values before and after treatment. In the other hand, the effect of the aqueous extract on the plasma cholesterol were also significant in both normal and diabetic rats (P < 0.05). But, there is no significant effect of SF on plasma triglycerides in both groups. In order to characterize the active principle(s), which could be responsible for the therapeutic effect, preliminary phytochemical analysis of the aqueous extract of the plant has been investigated.
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- M Benwahhoud
- UFR Physiology-Pharmacology. Laboratory of Animal Physiology. Faculty of Science Dhar-Mahraz. B.P. 1796 Atlas, Fez, Morocco
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Marles RJ, Farnsworth NR. Antidiabetic plants and their active constituents. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 1995; 2:137-189. [PMID: 23196156 DOI: 10.1016/s0944-7113(11)80059-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 420] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Diabetes mellitus is a debilitating and often life-threatening disease with increasing incidence in rural populations throughout the world. A scientific investigation of traditional herbal remedies for diabetes may provide valuable leads for the development of alternative drugs and therapeutic strategies. Alternatives are clearly needed because of the inability of current therapies to control all of the pathological aspects of diabetes, and the high cost and poor availability of current therapies for many rural populations, particularly in developing countries. This review provides information on more than 1200 species of plants reported to have been used to treat diabetes and/or investigated for antidiabetic activity, with a detailed review of representative plants and some of great diversity of plant constituents with hypoglycemic activity, their mechanisms of action, methods for the bioassay of hypoglycemic agents, potential toxicity problems, and promising directions for future research on antidiabetic plants. The objective of this work is to provide a starting point for programs leading to the development of indigenous botanical resources as inexpensive sources for standardized crude or purified antidiabetic drugs, and for the discovery of lead compounds for novel hypoglycemic drug development.
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- R J Marles
- Department of Botany, Brandon University, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, CANADA
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Bar-Ilan A, Marder J, Samueloff S. Blood acid-base status, whole blood and whole body buffer values in sand rats (Psammomys obesus) exposed to hypercapnia. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A, COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1985; 81:571-6. [PMID: 2863043 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(85)91027-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Arterial blood acid-base status of unanesthetized sand rats (Psammomys obesus) were studied under normocapnic and hypercapnic conditions, and compared to those obtained for the albino rat (Rattus norvegicus). The average control blood pH: 7.396 +/- 0.034; PaCO2: 30.5 +/- 2.9 mmHg; HCO-3: 18.8 +/- 2.5 mM/l; and HCO-3 std: 20.9 +/- 2.1 (N = 15) obtained here for the sand rat are in the lower range of values found in other mammals and indicate a status of partially compensated metabolic acidosis. The blood buffer values of the sand rat, delta log PCO2/delta pH = -2.32 +/- 0.35 (N = 25) are significantly higher than those found here for the rat, delta log PCO2/delta pH = -1.51 +/- 0.10 (N = 39), and those reported for other mammals. This high blood buffer value may be related to the natural high mineral diet of the sand rat. The in vivo (whole body) buffer value delta log PaCO2/delta pH = -1.41 and -1.65 for the sand rat and the rat found here are higher than those reported for the man and dog and may represent a physiological adaptation to the hypercapnic conditions prevailing in underground burrows.
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Kalderon B, Adler JH, Levy E, Gutman A. Lipogenesis in the sand rat (Psammomys obesus). THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1983; 244:E480-6. [PMID: 6342415 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1983.244.5.e480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Synthesis of fatty acids was measured in the liver and in epididymal adipose tissue of sand rats and albino rats. In chow-fed sand rats the rate of hepatic lipogenesis, as measured by the incorporation of 3H2O into fatty acids, was four- to sevenfold higher than in albino rats and in sand rats on a low-calorie saltbush diet. The contribution of [14C]glucose to lipogenesis in sand rat liver was lower than in albino rats. In fed sand rats lipogenesis incorporating 3H2O was stimulated by casein but not by glucose. In adipose tissue, lipogenesis measured 1 h after administration of 3H2O was much lower in sand rats than in albino rats. In vitro incorporation of [14C]glucose or acetate into adipose tissue fatty acids was negligible. In adipose tissue, uptake of very-low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) and lipoprotein lipase activity were sevenfold higher than in albino rats. Activities of NADP-malate dehydrogenase, acetyl CoA carboxylase, and fatty acid synthetase were considerably higher in the liver of chow-fed sand rats than in albino rats. It was concluded that obesity in sand rats originates from hepatic lipogenesis without a significant contribution of local fatty acid synthesis in adipose tissue.
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Comparative gustatory responses in four species of gerbilline rodents. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 1975. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00618177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Lebovitz HE, White S, Mikat E, Hackel DB. Control of insulin secretion in the Egyptian sand rat ((Psammomys obesus). Diabetologia 1974; 10 Suppl:679-84. [PMID: 4375064 DOI: 10.1007/bf01222004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Frenkel G, Kraicer PF, Shani J. Diabetes in the sand-rat: diabetogenesis, responses to mannoheptulose and atriplex ash. Diabetologia 1972; 8:313-8. [PMID: 4641789 DOI: 10.1007/bf01218491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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