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Kavya P, Gayathri M. Phytochemical Profiling and Assessment of Antidiabetic Activity of Curcuma Angustifolia Rhizome Methanolic Extract: An In Vitro and In Silico Analysis. Chem Biodivers 2024; 21:e202301788. [PMID: 38484132 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202301788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/18/2024]
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Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. is a plant with medicinal potential, traditionally used to treat different diseases. The present study aimed to determine the antidiabetic activity of C. angustifolia rhizome in vitro and in silico. The methanolic extract of C. angustifolia rhizome was analyzed by FTIR and GC-MS to determine the phytochemicals present. The antidiabetic potential of the extract was evaluated by different assays in vitro. The extract inhibited both α-amylase and α-glucosidase enzymes and the glucose diffusion through the dialysis membrane in a concentration-dependent manner with IC50 values of 530.39±0.09, 293.75±0.11, and 551.74±0.3 μg/ml respectively. The methanolic extract also improved yeast cell's ability to take up glucose across plasma membranes and the adsorption of glucose. The findings were supported by molecular docking studies. The results showed that the methanol extract of C. angustifolia rhizome has significant antidiabetic activity and thus can be also studied to isolate the potential compound with antidiabetic activities.
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- P Kavya
- Department of Bio Medical Sciences, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India
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- Department of Bio Medical Sciences, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India
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Essola NN, Takuissu GRN, Fonkoua M, Youovop Fotso JA, Mandob D, Ngondi JL, Gouado I. Effectiveness of 3 Polyherbal Formulations (EcXaPu, EcXa, and EcPu) on the Management of Oxidative Stress and Hyperglycemia. Nutr Metab Insights 2022; 15:11786388221118875. [PMID: 36003153 PMCID: PMC9393582 DOI: 10.1177/11786388221118875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Oxidative stress and hyperglycemia are major disorders involved in the occurrence and severity not only of chronic non-communicable diseases but also of infectious pathologies. This study aimed to evaluate the in vitro antioxidant and antihyperglycemic properties of EcXaPu, EcXa, and EcPu. The antioxidant properties were evaluated using 3 mechanisms: radical scavenging; reducing property, and metal chelating. Finally, the antihyperglycemic properties were evaluated by 2 mechanisms: glucose adsorption and cellular glucose capture. The different formulations showed their ability to scavenge DPPH, ABTS, and NO radicals with SC50 ranging from 2.75 to 3.51 mg/ml, from 2.6 to 2.76 mg/ml, and from 2.59 to 3.3 mg/ml, respectively. All the formulations also reduced MoO4 2+ and Fe3+ and chelated Cu2+ and Fe2+. The different formulations adsorbed the glucose with glucose adsorption rates ranging from 72.83% to 87.01%. The different formulations also stimulated cellular glucose uptake, with uptake rates ranging from 31.9% to 50.71% in yeast cells and from 21.81% to 39.45% in muscle cells. These formulations could be potential agents to prevent and/or protect against biological disorders associated with oxidative stress and hyperglycemia.
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- Nadine Ndoe Essola
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Centre for Food, Food Security and Nutrition Research (CRASAN), Institute for Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (IMPM), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Cameroon
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Centre for Food, Food Security and Nutrition Research (CRASAN), Institute for Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (IMPM), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Cameroon
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon
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Murugesan S, Kottekad S, Crasta I, Sreevathsan S, Usharani D, Perumal MK, Mudliar SN. Targeting COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) main protease through active phytocompounds of ayurvedic medicinal plants - Emblica officinalis (Amla), Phyllanthus niruri Linn. (Bhumi Amla) and Tinospora cordifolia (Giloy) - A molecular docking and simulation study. Comput Biol Med 2021; 136:104683. [PMID: 34329860 PMCID: PMC8302490 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19), a viral disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) was declared a global pandemic by WHO in 2020. In this scenario, SARS-CoV-2 main protease (COVID-19 Mpro), an enzyme mainly involved in viral replication and transcription is identified as a crucial target for drug discovery. Traditionally used medicinal plants contain a large amount of bioactives and pave a new path to develop drugs and medications for COVID-19. The present study was aimed to examine the potential of Emblica officinalis (amla), Phyllanthus niruri Linn. (bhumi amla) and Tinospora cordifolia (giloy) bioactive compounds to inhibit the enzymatic activity of COVID-19 Mpro. In total, 96 bioactive compounds were selected and docked with COVID-19 Mpro and further validated by molecular dynamics study. From the docking and molecular dynamics study, it was revealed that the bioactives namely amritoside, apigenin-6-C-glucosyl7-O-glucoside, pectolinarin and astragalin showed better binding affinities with COVID-19 Mpro. Drug-likeness, ADEMT and bioactivity score prediction of best drug candidates were evaluated by DruLiTo, pkCSM and Molinspiration servers, respectively. Overall, the in silico results confirmed that the validated bioactives could be exploited as promising COVID-19 Mpro inhibitors.
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- Selvakumar Murugesan
- Plant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, 570 020, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Food Safety and Analytical Quality Control Laboratory, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, 570 020, Karnataka, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Plant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, 570 020, Karnataka, India
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- Plant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, 570 020, Karnataka, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Food Safety and Analytical Quality Control Laboratory, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, 570 020, Karnataka, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, 570 020, Karnataka, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Plant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, 570 020, Karnataka, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Selvakumar M, Palanichamy P, Arumugam V, Venkatesan M, Aathmanathan S, Krishnamoorthy H, Pugazhendhi A. In silico potential of nutraceutical plant of Pithecellobium dulce against GRP78 target protein for breast cancer. APPLIED NANOSCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-021-01840-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Lakshmanan DK, Murugesan S, Rajendran S, Ravichandran G, Elangovan A, Raju K, Prathiviraj R, Pandiyan R, Thilagar S. Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. leaves alleviate adjuvant-induced rheumatoid arthritis in rats via modulating the finest disease targets - IL2RA, IL18 and VEGFA. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2021; 40:8155-8168. [PMID: 33792526 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2021.1907226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Brassica juncea (BJ) is a familiar edible crop, which has been used as a dietary ingredient and to prepare anti-inflammatory/anti-arthritic formulations in Ayurveda. But, the scientific validation or confirmation of its therapeutic properties is very limited. This study was performed to determine the efficiency of BJ leaves for the treatment of Rheumatoid arthritis using in vivo and in silico systems. Standard in vitro procedures was followed to study the total phenolic, flavonoid contents and free radical scavenging ability of the extracts of BJ. The effective extract was screened and the presence of bioactive chemicals was studied using HPLC. Further, the possible therapeutic actions of the BJ active principles against the disease targets were studied using PPI networking and docking analysis. IL2RA, IL18 and VEGFA are found to be the potential RA target and the compounds detected from BJ extract have shown great binding efficiency towards the target from molecular docking study. The resulting complexes were then subject to 100 ns molecular dynamics simulation studies with the GROMACS package to analyze the stability of docked protein-ligand complexes and to assess the fluctuation and conformational changes during protein-ligand interactions. To confirm the anti-arthritic activity of BJ, the extract was tested in CFA-induced arthritic Wistar rats. The test groups administered with BJ extract showed retrieval of altered hematological parameters and substantial recovery from inflammation and degeneration of rat hind paw.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Dinesh Kumar Lakshmanan
- Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.,Department of Biotechnology, Srinivasan College of Arts and Science, Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
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Venkateswaran M, Jayabal S, Hemaiswarya S, Murugesan S, Enkateswara S, Doble M, Periyasamy S. Polyphenol-rich Indian ginger cultivars ameliorate GLUT4 activity in C2C12 cells, inhibit diabetes-related enzymes and LPS-induced inflammation: An in vitro study. J Food Biochem 2021; 45:e13600. [PMID: 33403698 DOI: 10.1111/jfbc.13600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder that results in distorted insulin signaling and microvascular complications. Current antidiabetic drugs possess harmful long term side effects, necessitating the need for alternate or compliment therapy with lesser issues. Medicinal plants such as ginger have been reported to possess several beneficial activities including antidiabetic activity. The antidiabetic efficacy of microwave-assisted polyphenolic extracts of Indian ginger cultivars from Odisha (MPO) and Tamil Nadu (MPT) is reported here. MPT and MPO showed insulin stimulated glucose uptake of 1.74 ± 0.25 and 1.47 ± 0.15 fold at 6.25 µg/ml of concentrations in C2C12 cells respectively when compared to control. MPT possessed α-amylase, α-glucosidase inhibitory and anti-glycation properties. It also showed DPPH radical scavenging activity (7.69 ± 0.001%), inhibited LPS-induced nitric oxide production (1.06 ± 0.004 fold) than the latter and increased the GLUT4 protein expression by 1.4 fold. Major active compounds such as shogaol and gingerol derivatives, curcumene, zingiberone were identified through GC-ESI/MS analysis and D-pinitol (cyclitol) was identified through HPLC analysis in this variety. This is the first paper to report the presence of an antidiabetic compound, D-pinitol, in the ginger variety. Polyphenol rich, biologically potent ginger extracts can be a good food and nutraceutical supplement to address diabetes and related complications. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Ginger is a native spice of South Asian Countries including India. Ginger extracts possess several medicinal properties such as anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic and antioxidant activities. It is used to treat nausea, vomiting and commonly used as a food flavouring agent and dietary food supplement. Our study shows the antidiabetic, anti-glycation and antioxidant efficacy of polyphenol rich Indian ginger cultivars grown in different geographical regions. Variations in the biological activities between the MPT and MPO ginger variety was observed. Different environmental conditions and their corresponding metabolite accumulation can be correlated with the better activity shown by MPT variety. It showed an increased GLUT4 expression even at a lower dose of 6.25 µg/ml. Ginger cultivar, especially MPT variety can be used as an adjuvant therapy for treating diabetes. Therefore, our study indicates that polyphenols rich ginger cultivar has major application in functional food product development.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Anna University, BIT-Campus, Tiruchirappalli, India
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- Bioengineering and Drug Design Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Anna University, BIT-Campus, Tiruchirappalli, India
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- Center for Biotechnology, Siksha O Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Bioengineering and Drug Design Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
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Evaluation of anti rheumatic activity of Piper betle L. (Betelvine) extract using in silico, in vitro and in vivo approaches. Bioorg Chem 2020; 103:104227. [PMID: 32891004 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.104227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Rheumatoid Arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, and systemic autoimmune disease, it affects elders worldwide. Herbal medicines have been used for the treatment of various ailments from ancient times. Betelvine (Piper betle L.) leaves have long been used in Asian countries as a medicine to relieve pain and some metabolic diseases. The present study of methanolic extract of phytochemical analysis confirms the presence of alkaloids, tannins, terpenoids, saponins, steroids, total flavonoids and total phenols. GC-MS analysis of MeOH extract of Piper betle (PBME) revealed the presence of 40 bioactive compounds. In vitro antioxidant and anti-inflammatory assays showed greater inhibitory effect. The anti-arthritic effects of PBME at 250 and 500 mg/kg concentration showed recovery from joint damage in in vivo rat model. Among the 40 GC-MS derived bioactives, 4-Allyl-1,2-Diacetoxybenzene exhibited the higher interactions with minimized binding energy to the RA targets of MMP 1 (-6.4 kcal/mol), TGF-β (-6.9 kcal/mol), IL-1β (-5.9 kcal/mol). Further, the effect of PBME extract against RA molecular disease targets (IL-1β, MMP1 and TGF- β) were studied using Real-time PCR. These results substantiate that P. betle leaves could be a source of therapeutics for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
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