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de Matos RC, Bitencourt AFA, de Oliveira ADM, Prado VR, Machado RR, Scopel M. Evidence for the efficacy of anti-inflammatory plants used in Brazilian traditional medicine with ethnopharmacological relevance. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2024; 329:118137. [PMID: 38574778 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2024.118137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE When exacerbated, inflammatory processes can culminate in physical and emotional disorders and, if not stopped, can be lethal. The high prevalence of inflammation has become a public health problem, and the need for new drugs to treat this pathology is imminent. The use of medicinal plants has emerged as an alternative, and a survey of data that corroborates its application in inflammatory diseases is the starting point. Furthermore, Brazil harbors a megadiversity, and the traditional use of plants is relevant and needs to be preserved and carefully explored for the discovery of new medicines. AIM OF THE STUDY This review sought to survey the medicinal plants traditionally used in Brazil for the treatment of inflammatory processes and to perform, in an integrative way, a data survey of these species and analysis of their phytochemical, pharmacological, and molecular approaches. MATERIALS AND METHODS Brazilian plants that are traditionally used for inflammation (ophthalmia, throat inflammation, orchitis, urinary tract inflammation, ear inflammation, and inflammation in general) are listed in the DATAPLAMT database. This database contains information on approximately 3400 native plants used by Brazilians, which were registered in specific documents produced until 1950. These inflammatory disorders were searched in scientific databases (PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, Lilacs, Scielo, Virtual Health Library), with standardization of DECS/MESH descriptors for inflammation in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese, without chronological limitations. For the inclusion criteria, all articles had to be of the evaluated plant species, without association of synthesized substances, and full articles free available in any of the four languages searched. Duplicated articles and those that were not freely available were excluded. RESULTS A total of 126 species were identified, culminating in 6181 articles in the search. After evaluation of the inclusion criteria, 172 articles representing 40 different species and 38 families were included in the study. Comparison of reproducibility in intra-species results became difficult because of the large number of extraction solvents tested and the wide diversity of evaluation models used. Although the number of in vitro and in vivo evaluations was high, only one clinical study was found (Abrus precatorius). In the phytochemical analyses, more than 225 compounds, mostly phenolic compounds, were identified. CONCLUSION This review allowed the grouping of preclinical and clinical studies of several Brazilian species traditionally used for the treatment of many types of inflammation, corroborating new searches for their pharmacological properties as a way to aid public health. Furthermore, the large number of plants that have not yet been studied has encouraged new research to revive traditional knowledge.
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- Rafael C de Matos
- Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos 6627, Campus Pampulha, 31.270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Centro Especializado Em Plantas Aromáticas, Medicinais e Tóxicas - CEPLAMT-Museu de História Natural e Jardim Botânico da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Rua Gustavo da Silveira 1035, Horto, 31.080-010, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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- Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos 6627, Campus Pampulha, 31.270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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- Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos 6627, Campus Pampulha, 31.270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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- Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos 6627, Campus Pampulha, 31.270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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- Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos 6627, Campus Pampulha, 31.270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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- Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos 6627, Campus Pampulha, 31.270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Centro Especializado Em Plantas Aromáticas, Medicinais e Tóxicas - CEPLAMT-Museu de História Natural e Jardim Botânico da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Rua Gustavo da Silveira 1035, Horto, 31.080-010, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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de Carvalho TG, Lara P, Jorquera-Cordero C, Aragão CFS, de Santana Oliveira A, Garcia VB, de Paiva Souza SV, Schomann T, Soares LAL, da Matta Guedes PM, de Araújo Júnior RF. Inhibition of murine colorectal cancer metastasis by targeting M2-TAM through STAT3/NF-kB/AKT signaling using macrophage 1-derived extracellular vesicles loaded with oxaliplatin, retinoic acid, and Libidibia ferrea. Biomed Pharmacother 2023; 168:115663. [PMID: 37832408 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Colorectal cancer is still unmanageable despite advances in target therapy. However, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have shown potential in nanomedicine as drug delivery systems, especially for modulating the immune cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME). In this study, M1 Macrophage EVs (M1EVs) were used as nanocarriers of oxaliplatin (M1EV1) associated with retinoic acid (M1EV2) and Libidibia ferrea (M1EV3), alone or in combination (M1EV4) to evaluate their antiproliferative and immunomodulatory potential on CT-26 and MC-38 colorectal cancer cell lines and prevent metastasis in mice of allograft and peritoneal colorectal cancer models. Tumors were evaluated by qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. The cell death profile and epithelial-mesenchymal transition process (EMT) were analyzed in vitro in colorectal cancer cell lines. Polarization of murine macrophages (RAW264.7 cells) was also carried out. M1EV2 and M1EV3 used alone or particularly M1EV4 downregulated the tumor progression by TME immunomodulation, leading to a decrease in primary tumor size and metastasis in the peritoneum, liver, and lungs. STAT3, NF-kB, and AKT were the major genes downregulated by of M1EV systems. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) shifted from an M2 phenotype (CD163) to an M1 phenotype (CD68) reducing levels of IL-10, TGF-β and CCL22. Furthermore, malignant cells showed overexpression of FADD, APAF-1, caspase-3, and E-cadherin, and decreased expression of MDR1, survivin, vimentin, and PD-L1 after treatment with systems of M1EVs. The study shows that EVs from M1 antitumor macrophages can transport drugs and enhance their immunomodulatory and antitumor activity by modulating pathways associated with cell proliferation, migration, survival, and drug resistance.
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- Thaís Gomes de Carvalho
- Postgraduate Program in Health Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil; Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Inflammation and Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil; Medicines Quality Control Laboratory (LCQMed), Department of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil; Medicines Quality Control Laboratory (LCQMed), Department of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Inflammation and Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Health Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil; Inflammation and Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Post Graduation Program in Therapeutic Innovation, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Department of Parasitology and Microbiology and Post-Graduation Program in Parasite Biology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Health Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil; Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Inflammation and Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil.
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Aloke C, Ohanenye IC, Aja PM, Ejike CECC. Phytochemicals from medicinal plants from African forests with potentials in rheumatoid arthritis management. J Pharm Pharmacol 2022; 74:1205-1219. [PMID: 35788356 DOI: 10.1093/jpp/rgac043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation, pain, and cartilage and bone damage. There is currently no cure for RA. It is however managed using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroids and disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, often with severe side effects. Hidden within Africa's lush vegetation are plants with diverse medicinal properties including anti-RA potentials. This paper reviews the scientific literature for medicinal plants, growing in Africa, with reported anti-RA activities and identifies the most abundant phytochemicals deserving research attention. A search of relevant published scientific literature, using the major search engines, such as Pubmed/Medline, Scopus, Google Scholar, etc. was conducted to identify medicinal plants, growing in Africa, with anti-RA potentials. KEY FINDINGS Twenty plants belonging to 17 families were identified. The plants are rich in phytochemicals, predominantly quercetin, rutin, catechin, kaempferol, etc., known to affect some pathways relevant in RA initiation and progression, and therefore useful in its management. SUMMARY Targeted research is needed to unlock the potentials of medicinal plants by developing easy-to-use technologies for preparing medicines from them. Research attention should focus on how best to exploit the major phytochemicals identified in this review for the development of anti-RA 'green pharmaceuticals'.
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- Chinyere Aloke
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.,Protein Structure-Function and Research Unit, School of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- School of Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
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Almeida NCOS, Silva FRP, Carneiro ALB, Lima ES, Barcellos JFM, Furtado SC. Libidibia ferrea (jucá) anti-inflammatory action: A systematic review of in vivo and in vitro studies. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0259545. [PMID: 34739501 PMCID: PMC8570521 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
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Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L. P. Queiroz (jucá) is a plant extensively used in the Brazilian folk medicine for the treatment of the inflammatory process. Primary studies have focused on the verification of these biological activities, highlighting the role of this plant in inflammatory conditions. This systematic review aimed to critically establish which part of the plant and what type of plant extract present the highest evidence of anti-inflammatory activity as in vivo and in vitro experimental models. This study has followed the recommendations by PRISMA and was registered in the PROSPERO database under number CRD42020159934. The literature review was carried out in several medical and scientific databases (Google Scholar, LILACS, ProQuest, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus and Web of Science) in studies published up to February 2020 and updated on March 2021. No language restriction was made to this search. Eligibility criteria were adopted instead. The risk of bias was evaluated through SYRCLE's RoB tool for the in vivo studies. 609 studies were initiated to identify the whole and the subsequent steps of screening. 13 studies remained in the results (10 in vivo and 3 in vitro). In most studies the risk of bias was low or unclear. The high risk of bias was related to the risk of attrition and reporting bias. The fruit and the aqueous extract were identified as the most used in the studies carried out on the qualitative analysis and the results of the in vivo and in vitro studies were conducive to the anti-inflammatory action, a meta-analysis could not be performed due to heterogeneity between studies and the potential risk of bias to estimate the side effects. Therefore, the implementation of in vivo studies following the international guidelines could collaborate with analyses of the anti-inflammatory effect of jucá.
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- Nayanne C. O. S. Almeida
- Graduate Program in Basic and Applied Immunology, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Graduate Program of Basic and Applied Immunology, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Faculty Member of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Department of Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Department of Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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Teixeira FM, Coelho MN, José-Chagas FDN, Malvar DDC, Kanashiro A, Cunha FQ, Machado Vianna-Filho MD, da Cunha Pinto A, Vanderlinde FA, Costa SS. Oral treatments with a flavonoid-enriched fraction from Cecropia hololeuca and with rutin reduce articular pain and inflammation in murine zymosan-induced arthritis. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2020; 260:112841. [PMID: 32268203 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.112841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Cecropia Loefl. species (Urticaceae) are widely spread across the rainforest in tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America. Inhabitants of different regions of Brazil employ leaves, fruits and sprouts of Cecropia hololeuca Miq. mainly as anti-inflammatory, anti-asthmatic, expectorant, fever suppressant, and against cough. AIM OF THE STUDY To evaluate the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of an aqueous leaf extract of C. hololeuca in a murine model of zymosan-induced arthritis (ZIA) and characterize compounds contributing to these effects. MATERIALS AND METHODS The crude aqueous extract of C. hololeuca (CAE) was obtained by infusion, screened for antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities, and fractionated (solvent partition; RP-2 and Sephadex G-25 column chromatography), yielding fractions that were chemically and pharmacologically investigated. TLC, HPLC-DAD, HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS/MS and NMR analyses were peformed. The antinociceptive activity was assessed by means of acetic acid-induced writhing, hot-plate and rota-rod tests. ZIA was used to evaluate the anti-arthritic activity of oral treatment with CAE, butanolic (BF) and aqueous fraction (AF), as well as the fractions obtained from BF (F2, F2-A and F2-B). Rutin, a flavonoid found in C. hololeuca, was also tested. Mechanical hypernociception, joint edema, local neutrophil recruitment and articular TNF-α quantification were performed to measure the severity of arthritis and identify the anti-inflammatory potential of C. hololeuca. RESULTS CAE (0.03-1 g/kg, p.o.) showed a dose-related inhibitory effect on acetic acid-induced writhing test, but did not change the pain latency in the hotplate test, nor the first fall time on the rota-rod test. In addition, CAE (1 g/kg, p.o.) inhibited by 65% the mechanical hypernociception, 46% the joint edema, 54% the neutrophil recruitment and 53% the articular TNF-α concentration levels in ZIA. BF (0.4 g/kg, p.o.), AF (0.6 g/kg), F2 (0.1 g/kg) and F2-A (0.045 g/kg), but not F2-B (0.055 g/kg), inhibited the mechanical hypernociception, joint edema and neutrophil recruitment in ZIA. Rutin (0.001-0.03 g/kg, p.o.) produced dose-related inhibitory effects in the mechanical hypernociception, joint edema and neutrophil recruitment, and at 0.03 g/kg also inhibited articular TNF-α synthesis after intra-articular zymosan injection. Isoorientin, isovitexin, rutin and isoquercitrin were identified in the most active fraction (F2-A), along with luteolin and apigenin derivatives, tentatively identified as isoorientin-2″-O-glucoside and isovitexin-2″-O-glucoside. CONCLUSION This study corroborates the popular use by oral route of aqueous preparations of C. hololeuca against joint inflammatory disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis. Our results demonstrated for the first time that oral administration of rutin shows antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects in ZIA, indicating that this flavonoid is one of the immunomodulatory compounds involved in the anti-arthritic activity of C. hololeuca.
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Key Words
- 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one
- 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one
- 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-6-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]chromen-4-one
- 5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-6-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]chromen-4-one
- Anti-inflammatory effect
- Antinociceptive effect
- Arthritis
- Cecropia hololeuca
- Phenolic compounds
- Rutin
- isoorientin
- isoquercitrin
- isovitexin
- rutin
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- Felipe Marques Teixeira
- Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), BR 465, Km 07, 23890-000, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Products Chemistry, Natural Products Research Institute (IPPN), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Products Chemistry, Natural Products Research Institute (IPPN), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 149, 21941-909, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), BR 465, Km 07, 23890-000, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil.
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- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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- Program of Graduate Studies in Plant Biology, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, 20550-013, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 149, 21941-909, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), BR 465, Km 07, 23890-000, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Products Chemistry, Natural Products Research Institute (IPPN), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Macêdo NS, Silveira ZDS, Bezerra AH, da Costa JGM, Coutinho HDM, Romano B, Capasso R, da Cunha FAB, da Silva MV. Caesalpinia ferrea C. Mart. (Fabaceae) Phytochemistry, Ethnobotany, and Bioactivities: A Review. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25173831. [PMID: 32842529 PMCID: PMC7503918 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25173831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Caesalpinia ferrea C. Mart., popularly known as “Jucá” or “Pau-ferro”, belongs to the Fabaceae family, and is classified as a native and endemic species in Brazil. Numerous studies that portray its ethnobotany, chemical composition, and biological activities exist in the literature. The present study aimed to systematically review publications addressing the botanical aspects, uses in popular medicine, phytochemical composition, and bioactivities of C. ferrea. The searches focused on publications from 2015 to March 2020 using the Scopus, Periódicos Capes, PubMed, Google Scholar, and ScienceDirect databases. The leaves, fruits, seeds, and bark from C. ferrea are used in popular medicine to treat disorders affecting several systems, including the circulatory, immune, cardiovascular, digestive, respiratory, genitourinary, musculoskeletal, and conjunctive systems. The most commonly found chemical classes in phytochemical studies are flavonoids, polyphenols, terpenoids, tannins, saponins, steroids, and other phenolic compounds. The biological properties of the extracts and isolated compounds of C. ferrea most cited in the literature were antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory, and healing potential. However, further studies are still needed to clarify a link between its traditional uses, the active compounds, and the reported pharmacological activities, as well as detailed research to determine the toxicological profile of C. ferrea.
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- Nair Silva Macêdo
- Laboratory of Semi-Arid Bioprospecting (LABSEMA), Regional University of Cariri—URCA, Crato 63105-000, CE, Brazil; (N.S.M.); (Z.d.S.S.); (A.H.B.)
- Graduate Program in Biological Sciences—PPGCB; Federal University of Pernambuco—UFPE, Recife 50670-901, PE, Brazil;
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- Laboratory of Semi-Arid Bioprospecting (LABSEMA), Regional University of Cariri—URCA, Crato 63105-000, CE, Brazil; (N.S.M.); (Z.d.S.S.); (A.H.B.)
- Graduate Program in Biological Sciences—PPGCB; Federal University of Pernambuco—UFPE, Recife 50670-901, PE, Brazil;
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- Laboratory of Semi-Arid Bioprospecting (LABSEMA), Regional University of Cariri—URCA, Crato 63105-000, CE, Brazil; (N.S.M.); (Z.d.S.S.); (A.H.B.)
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (LMBM), Regional University of Cariri—URCA, Crato 63105-000, CE, Brazil;
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, 80100 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy
- Correspondence: (R.C.); (F.A.B.d.C.)
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- Laboratory of Semi-Arid Bioprospecting (LABSEMA), Regional University of Cariri—URCA, Crato 63105-000, CE, Brazil; (N.S.M.); (Z.d.S.S.); (A.H.B.)
- Correspondence: (R.C.); (F.A.B.d.C.)
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- Graduate Program in Biological Sciences—PPGCB; Federal University of Pernambuco—UFPE, Recife 50670-901, PE, Brazil;
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Libidibia ferrea (jucá), a Traditional Anti-Inflammatory: A Study of Acute Toxicity in Adult and Embryos Zebrafish ( Danio rerio). Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2019; 12:ph12040175. [PMID: 31801207 PMCID: PMC6958445 DOI: 10.3390/ph12040175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 11/09/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The plant species Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) LP Queiroz var. ferrea basionym of Caesalpinia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) is used in various regions of Brazil in folk medicine in the treatment of several health problems, especially in acute and chronic inflammatory processes. Most of the preparations employed are alcoholic. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the acute toxicity of the hydroethanolic extract of fruits of Libidibia ferrea (EHEFLf) in zebrafish, emphasizing the possible changes in the organic-cellular level of the gills, liver, kidneys, and intestine and on embryos. The result obtained by LC-M/MS from EHEFLf indicated a high concentration of possible polyhydroxylated substances. EHEFLf, at a dose of 2 g/kg orally, produced non-significant alterations of the analyzed organs. However, for embryos, the treatment with different concentrations demonstrated heart toxicity that was concentration-dependent. There is no evidence of a correlation of the observed effects with the phytochemical composition, and considering the species of animal used, it can be suggested that the oral use of L. ferrea hydroethanolic extract has an acceptable degree of safety for use as an oral medicinal product. and embryo results have shown significant affinity to the heart; however, it is perceived to be related to the concentrations used.
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Barros Silva Soares de Souza EP, Trindade GDGG, Lins Dantas Gomes MV, Santos Silva LA, Grespan R, Quintans Junior LJ, Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Júnior RL, Shanmugan S, Antunes de Souza Araújo A. Anti-inflammatory effect of nano-encapsulated nerolidol on zymosan-induced arthritis in mice. Food Chem Toxicol 2019; 135:110958. [PMID: 31715307 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.110958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Nerolidol is naturally occurring sesquiterpene has wide range of biological properties including anti-inflammatory activity. However, it has high volatility with low solubility in nature. The present study aimed to develop and characterized nano-encapsulated nerolidol and evaluated its activity on zymosan-induced arthritis model. Nano-capsules were produced by interfacial deposition of preformed polymer method and characterized by particle size, pH, polydispersity index (PDI), zeta potential, drug content and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In vitro cytotoxicity of formulations was evaluated by alamar blue and MTT assays. In vivo neutrophils migration assay was performed on intra-articular zymosan-induced arthritis model in mice. Nano-encapsulated nerolidol suspensions presented adequate properties: mean diameter of particles 219.5 ± 8.4 nm, pH: 6.84 ± 0.5, PDI≤0.2, the zeta potential was -20.3 ± 3.6 mV and drug content 71,2 ± 1.3%. The formulations did not demonstrated cytotoxicity under the conditions assessed. Nerolidol 300 mg/kg inhibited neutrophils migration into joint cavity by 18.8% remains compared with control group, and nano-encapsulated nerolidol 3 mg/kg inhibited (26.7% remains) similar to free nerolidol 10 mg/kg (27.4% remains). Histological, quantification of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines proves the same results. In conclusion the data suggests that nanoencapsulation of nerolidol improved its anti-inflammatory effect on arthritis in mice.
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Affiliation(s)
| | | | | | | | - Renata Grespan
- Department of Physiology, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil.
| | | | | | - Saravanan Shanmugan
- Department of Pharmacy, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil.
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