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Nawar NF, Beltagy DM, Mohamed TM, Tousson E, El-Keey MM. Ameliorative anti-coagulant, anti-oxidative and anti-ferroptotic activities of nanocurcumin and donepezil on coagulation, oxidation and ferroptosis in Alzheimer's disease. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2024; 13:tfae054. [PMID: 38617712 PMCID: PMC11007267 DOI: 10.1093/toxres/tfae054] [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: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (ad) is a neurological condition that worsens over time and is characterized by the buildup of amyloid (Aβ) plaques in the brain parenchyma. Neuroprotection and cholinesterase inhibition have been the two primary techniques used in the creation of medications to date. In ad, a novel sort of programmed cell death known as ferroptosis takes place along with iron buildup, lipid peroxidation, and glutathione deficiency. The objective of the current investigation was to examine the neuroprotective and anti-ferroptotic role of nanocurcumin and Donepezil against model of aluminum chloride AlCl3 and D-galactose induced ad. The experiment was performed on 70 rats divided into (G1: control, G2: NCMN, G3: Donepezil, G4: ad-model, G5: Donepezil co-treatment, G6: NCMN co-treatment and G7: NCMN+Donepezil co-treatment). Hematological parameters and biochemical investigations as oxidative stress, liver function, kidney function, iron profile and plasma fibrinogen were evaluated. Treatment with Nanocurcumin alone or in combination with Donepezil improved oxidative stress, liver functions, and kidney functions, improve iron profile and decreased plasma fibrinogen.
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- Nagat F Nawar
- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt
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- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Damanhour University, Damanhour 22511, Egypt
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- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt
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- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt
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Fanizza F, Boeri L, Donnaloja F, Perottoni S, Forloni G, Giordano C, Albani D. Development of an Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Liver-on-a-Chip Assessed with an Alzheimer's Disease Drug. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2023. [PMID: 37318190 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Liver-related drug metabolism is a key aspect of pharmacokinetics and possible toxicity. From this perspective, the availability of advanced in vitro models for drug testing is still an open need, also to the end of reducing the burden of in vivo experiments. In this scenario, organ-on-a-chip is gaining attention as it couples a state-of-the art in vitro approach to the recapitulation of key in vivo physiological features such as fluidodynamics and a tri-dimensional cytoarchitecture. We implemented a novel liver-on-a-chip (LoC) device based on an innovative dynamic device (MINERVA 2.0) where functional hepatocytes (iHep) have been encapsulated into a 3D hydrogel matrix interfaced through a porous membrane with endothelial cells (iEndo)]. Both lines were derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), and the LoC was functionally assessed with donepezil, a drug approved for Alzheimer's disease therapy. The presence of iEndo and a 3D microenvironment enhanced the expression of liver-specific physiologic functions as in iHep, after 7 day perfusion, we noticed an increase of albumin, urea production, and cytochrome CYP3A4 expression compared to the iHep static culture. In particular, for donepezil kinetics, a computational fluid dynamic study conducted to assess the amount of donepezil diffused into the LoC indicated that the molecule should be able to pass through the iEndo and reach the target iHep construct. Then, we performed experiments of donepezil kinetics that confirmed the numerical simulations. Overall, our iPSC-based LoC reproduced the in vivo physiological microenvironment of the liver and was suitable for potential hepatotoxic screening studies.
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- Francesca Fanizza
- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering 'Giulio Natta', Politecnico di Milano, Milan 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering 'Giulio Natta', Politecnico di Milano, Milan 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering 'Giulio Natta', Politecnico di Milano, Milan 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering 'Giulio Natta', Politecnico di Milano, Milan 20133, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan 20156, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering 'Giulio Natta', Politecnico di Milano, Milan 20133, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan 20156, Italy
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Wang XC, Chu CL, Lu K, Chen X, Jin XQ, Quan SJ. The role of tonifying kidney decoction and acupuncture in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: A network meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e31243. [PMID: 36401402 PMCID: PMC9678600 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000031243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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IMPORTANCE As one of the chronic neurological degenerative diseases with the highest incidence of amnesia and dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD) carried out the clinical treatment based on the 2 traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) of Chinese herbal compound and acupuncture (AP). With the vigorous development of TCM, doctors are facing the problem of choosing TCM or western medicine in clinical work. Hence there is an urge to make pairwise comparisons among these interventions to provide evidence for clinical practice. OBJECTIVE The used efficacy of the 2 TCM methods and combined with donepeziline were compared to compile the best treatment through network meta-analysis. METHODS Patients diagnosed with AD were included in the randomized clinical trial, who were treated with tonifying kidney decoction (TKD) or AP combined with donepezil hydrochloride (DH) as an intervention measure, while the control group was treated with DH. The total effective rate was the primary outcome, and mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score and activities of daily living (ADCS-ADL) scores were the secondary indicators. RESULTS Eventually 30 studies reporting 2236 patients underwent TKD or AP combined with DH were enrolled. In terms of total efficiency, compared with TKD and DH, TKD + DH was significantly preferable. In addition, TKD were classified into 2 categories, namely tonifying kidney with reducing phlegm formulas (TKRP) and tonifying kidney with filling lean marrow (TKFLM). Regarding to MMSE score of TKD, of the 3 interventions, only TKRP + DH (standard mean difference [SMD] = 4.84, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.86-8.82) and TKFLM + DH (SMD = 3.93, 95% CI: 1.06-6.80) had significant efficacy over TKFLM (SMD = 4.25, 95%CI: -2.58 to 11.08). Although no difference between TKRP and other groups, its effectiveness was higher than TKFLM + DH and TKFLM (surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) = 61.5%). For the ADL score, compared with TKFLM + DH and DH, TKRP + DH had more effective (SUCRA = 70.2%). Regarding to the total effective rates, AP + DH was more statistically better than AP, and AP was statistically better than DH. CONCLUSION TKD or AP in combination with DH are significantly superior in treating AD.
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- Xin-Chen Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Medical College, Zhejiang University. Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, China
- *Correspondence: Shijian Quan, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Panyu District, Guangzhou City 510006, China (e-mail: )
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Donepezil hydrochloride-reinforced cellulose nanocrystal-aggregated gel structure for long-acting drug delivery. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 296:119887. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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da Costa Rodrigues K, Leivas de Oliveira R, da Silva Chaves J, Esteves da Rocha VM, Fuzinato Dos Santos B, Fronza MG, Luís de Campos Domingues N, Savegnago L, Wilhelm EA, Luchese C. A new arylsulfanyl-benzo-2,1,3-thiadiazoles derivative produces an anti-amnesic effect in mice by modulating acetylcholinesterase activity. Chem Biol Interact 2021; 351:109736. [PMID: 34740600 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2021.109736] [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: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The aim of the present study was investigate the binding affinity of 5-((4-methoxyphenyl)thio)benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole (MTDZ) with acetylcholinesterase (AChE). We also evaluated the effect of MTDZ against scopolamine (SCO)-induced amnesia in mice and we looked at the toxicological potential of this compound in mice. The binding affinity of MTDZ with AChE was investigated by molecular docking analyses. For an experimental model, male Swiss mice were treated daily with MTDZ (10 mg/kg, intragastrically (i.g.)) or canola oil (10 ml/kg, i.g.), and induced, 30 min later, with injection of SCO (0.4 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (i.p.)) or saline (0.9%, 5 ml/kg, i.p.) daily. From day 1 to day 10, mice were submitted to the behavioral tasks (Barnes maze, open-field, object recognition and location, Y-maze and step-down inhibitory avoidance tasks), 30 min after induction with SCO. On the tenth day, the animals were euthanized and blood was collected for the analysis of biochemical markers (creatinine, aspartate (AST), and alanine (ALT) aminotransferase). MTDZ interacts with residues of the AChE active site. SCO caused amnesia in mice by changing behavioral tasks. MTDZ treatment attenuated the behavioral changes caused by SCO. In ex vivo assay, MTDZ also protected against the alteration of AChE activity, reactive species (RS) levels, thiobarbituric acid reative species (TBARS) levels, catalase (CAT) activity in tissues, as well as in transaminase activities of plasma caused by SCO in mice. In conclusion, MTDZ presented anti-amnesic action through modulation of the cholinergic system and provided protection from kidney and liver damage caused by SCO.
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- Karline da Costa Rodrigues
- Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry and Bioprospecting, Research Laboratory in Biochemical Pharmacology (LaFarBio), Research Group in Neurobiotechnology (GPN), Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), CEP 96010- 900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry and Bioprospecting, Research Laboratory in Biochemical Pharmacology (LaFarBio), Research Group in Neurobiotechnology (GPN), Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), CEP 96010- 900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry and Bioprospecting, Research Laboratory in Biochemical Pharmacology (LaFarBio), Research Group in Neurobiotechnology (GPN), Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), CEP 96010- 900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry and Bioprospecting, Research Laboratory in Biochemical Pharmacology (LaFarBio), Research Group in Neurobiotechnology (GPN), Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), CEP 96010- 900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Organic Catalysis and Biocatalysis, Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD), 79825-070, Dourados, MS, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, GPN, Technological Development Center, UFPel, CEP, 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Organic Catalysis and Biocatalysis, Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD), 79825-070, Dourados, MS, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, GPN, Technological Development Center, UFPel, CEP, 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry and Bioprospecting, Research Laboratory in Biochemical Pharmacology (LaFarBio), Research Group in Neurobiotechnology (GPN), Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), CEP 96010- 900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
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- Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry and Bioprospecting, Research Laboratory in Biochemical Pharmacology (LaFarBio), Research Group in Neurobiotechnology (GPN), Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), CEP 96010- 900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
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Travica N, Ried K, Hudson I, Scholey A, Pipingas A, Sali A. The effects of cardiovascular and orthopaedic surgery on vitamin concentrations: a narrative review of the literature and mechanisms of action. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2021:1-31. [PMID: 34619992 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2021.1983762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Given the rise in worldwide chronic diseases, supplemented by an aging population, the volume of global major surgeries, encompassing cardiac and orthopedic procedures is anticipated to surge significantly. Surgical trauma can be accompanied by numerous postoperative complications and metabolic changes. The present review summarized the results from studies assessing the effects of orthopedic and cardiovascular surgery on vitamin concentrations, in addition to exploring the possible mechanisms associated with changes in concentrations. Studies have revealed a potentially severe depletion in plasma/serum concentrations of numerous vitamins following these surgeries acutely. Vitamins C, D and B1 appear particularly vulnerable to significant depletions, with vitamin C and D depletions consistently transpiring into inadequate and deficient concentrations, respectively. The possible multifactorial mechanisms impacting postoperative vitamin concentrations include changes in hemodilution and vitamin utilization, redistribution, circulatory transport and absorption. For a majority of vitamins, there has been a lack of investigation into the effects of both, cardiac and orthopedic surgery. Additionally, studies were predominantly restricted to short-term postoperative investigations, primarily performed within the first postoperative week of surgery. Overall, results indicated that further examination is necessary to determine the severity and clinical significance of the possible depletions in vitamin concentrations that ensue cardiovascular and orthopedic surgery.
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- Nikolaj Travica
- Food & Mood Centre, School of Medicine, Barwon Health, Deakin University, the Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT), Geelong, Australia.,Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.,The National Institute of Integrative Medicine, Melbourne, Australia
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- The National Institute of Integrative Medicine, Melbourne, Australia.,Honorary Associate Professor, Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Torrens University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.,Digital Health, CRC, College of STEM, Mathematical Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Melbourne, Australia.,School of Mathematical and Physical Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
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- Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
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- The National Institute of Integrative Medicine, Melbourne, Australia
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One of the prominent problems in clinical medicine is medication-induced acute kidney injury (AKI). Avoiding this problem can prevent patient harm and reduce healthcare expenditures. Several researches have been conducted to identify AKI-associated medications using statistical, data mining, and machine learning techniques. However, these studies are limited to assessing the impact of known nephrotoxic medications and do not comprehensively explore the relationship between medication combinations and AKI. In this paper, we present a population-based retrospective cohort study that employs automated data analysis techniques to identify medications and medication combinations that are associated with a higher risk of AKI. By integrating multivariable logistic regression, frequent itemset mining, and stratified analysis, this study is designed to explore the complex relationships between medications and AKI in such a way that has never been attempted before. Through an analysis of prescription records of one million older patients stored in the healthcare administrative dataset at ICES (an independent, non-profit, world-leading research organization that uses population-based health and social data to produce knowledge on a broad range of healthcare issues), we identified 55 AKI-associated medications among 595 distinct medications and 78 AKI-associated medication combinations among 7748 frequent medication combinations. In addition, through a stratified analysis, we identified 37 cases where a particular medication was associated with increasing the risk of AKI when used with another medication. We have shown that our results are consistent with previous studies through consultation with a nephrologist and an electronic literature search. This research demonstrates how automated analysis techniques can be used to accomplish data-driven tasks using massive clinical datasets.
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Al-Hazmi GH, Awaad AS, Alothman MR, Alqasoumi SI. Anticandidal activity of the extract and compounds isolated from Cyperus conglomertus Rottb. Saudi Pharm J 2018; 26:891-895. [PMID: 30202233 PMCID: PMC6128720 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2018.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 03/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The phytochemical screening of Cyperus conglomeratus showed that carbohydrates and/or glycosides, flavonoids, tannins, sterols and/or triterpenes, and proteins and/or amino acids are present. The fatty acid profile comprised major; palmitic, oleic, heptadecanoic, linoleic and minor; arachidonic, lignoceric, stearic, and myristic acid. Two compounds; namely, α-amyrin and β-sitosterol were isolated by the fractionation of unsaponifiable matter. The acute toxicity study showed that the reported after oral administration of the alcohol extract (TAE) showed that the plant was highly safe as the LD50 was more than 4000 mg/kg. These results were well supported by the sub-chronic toxicity, as the TAE administrated to rats for 15 consecutive days at dose 1000 mg/kg showed no alteration in the liver and kidney functions. Moreover, the extract of the plant exhibited anti-candidal activity against different Candida species. The most potent activity, (23.1 ± 2.1, 0.98 µg/ml) and (22.3 ± 0.53, 0.98 µg/ml), was obtained by the chloroform and total extract, respectively against Candida albicans.
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- Ghaferah H. Al-Hazmi
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, PO Box 84428, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
- Corresponding author.
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
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