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Ibrahim TS, Khongorzul P, Muyaba M, Alolga RN. Ent-kaurane diterpenoids from the Annonaceae family: a review of research progress and call for further research. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1227574. [PMID: 37456746 PMCID: PMC10345206 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1227574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The Annonaceae is one of the plant families with members that are credited with numerous pharmacological functions. Among the group of compounds responsible for these bioactivities are the ent-kaurane diterpenoids. The ent-kauranes are a group of 20-Carbon, tetracyclic diterpenoids that are widely distributed in other plant families including the Annonaceae family. This mini-review focuses mainly on the ent-kaurane diterpenoids isolated from the Annonaceae family, delineates the various biological activities of these compounds, and highlights the research gaps that exist for further scientific scrutiny.
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- Traore S. Ibrahim
- Department of Pharmacognosy, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Eden University, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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Kyekyeku JO, Asare-Nkansah S, Bekoe SO, Sezgin S, Adosraku RK, Spiteller M. MALDI-HRMS imaging and HPLC-HRESI-MS n characterisation of kaurane diterpenes in the fruits of Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich (Annonaceae). PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS : PCA 2020; 31:349-354. [PMID: 31875345 DOI: 10.1002/pca.2901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Kaurane diterpenes, notably xylopic acid, have demonstrated important biological activities including analgesia, anti-oxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxicity. The fruits of Xylopia aethiopica have been reported to be a rich source of kaurane diterpenes. OBJECTIVE An analytical approach for detailed imaging and characterisation of selected kaurane diterpenes was developed using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation high-resolution mass spectrometry (MALDI-HRMS) imaging techniques and high-performance liquid chromatography-high resolution electrospray ionisation-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-HRESI-MSn ) studies, respectively. METHODS The images of the compounds were constructed based on selected ions from their HRESI-MS spectra. The matrix employed comprised a solution of α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (HCCA) in acetonitrile-water with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). HPLC-HRESI-MSn measurements were conducted on an LTQ-Orbitrap spectrometer equipped with a heated electrospray ionisation (HESI)-II source. RESULTS The analytical strategy adopted showed the spatial distribution of the compounds in the fruits of X. aethiopica based on the dominant ions at m/z 301.2163 [M + H - HOCOCH3 ]+ and m/z 399.1932 [M + K]+ for xylopic acid, m/z 317.2111 [M + H]+ and m/z 355.1670 [M + K]+ for 15-oxo-ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid and m/z 303.2319 [M + H]+ for ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid. The fragmentation patterns of the compounds were proposed based on the HRESI-MSn measurements. CONCLUSIONS The study revealed the spatial variability, differential behaviours and specificity of the selected kaurane diterpenes in the fruit, seed and pericarp. The compounds under study were predominantly restricted to the pericarp of the fruit with trace amounts in the seed.
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- James Oppong Kyekyeku
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), Dortmund, Germany
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Oveissi V, Ram M, Bahramsoltani R, Ebrahimi F, Rahimi R, Naseri R, Belwal T, Devkota HP, Abbasabadi Z, Farzaei MH. Medicinal plants and their isolated phytochemicals for the management of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy: therapeutic targets and clinical perspective. Daru 2019; 27:389-406. [PMID: 30852764 PMCID: PMC6593128 DOI: 10.1007/s40199-019-00255-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Chemotherapy, as one of the main approaches of cancer treatment, is accompanied with several adverse effects, including chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). Since current methods to control the condition are not completely effective, new treatment options should be introduced. Medicinal plants can be suitable candidates to be assessed regarding their effects in CIPN. Current paper reviews the available preclinical and clinical studies on the efficacy of herbal medicines in CIPN. METHODS Electronic databases including PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane library were searched with the keywords "neuropathy" in the title/abstract and "plant", "extract", or "herb" in the whole text. Data were collected from inception until April 2018. RESULTS Plants such as chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.), sage (Salvia officinalis L.), cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia (L.) D. Don), and sweet flag (Acorus calamus L.) as well as phytochemicals like matrine, curcumin, and thioctic acid have demonstrated beneficial effects in animal models of CIPN via prevention of axonal degeneration, decrease in total calcium level, improvement of endogenous antioxidant defense mechanisms such as superoxide dismutase and reduced glutathione, and regulation of neural cell apoptosis, nuclear factor-ĸB, cyclooxygenase-2, and nitric oxide signaling. Also, five clinical trials have evaluated the effect of herbal products in patients with CIPN. CONCLUSIONS There are currently limited clinical evidence on medicinal plants for CIPN which shows the necessity of future mechanistic studies, as well as well-designed clinical trial for further confirmation of the safety and efficacy of herbal medicines in CIPN. Graphical abstract Schematic mechanisms of medicinal plants to prevent chemotherapy-induced neuropathy: NO: nitric oxide, TNF: tumor necrosis factor, PG: prostaglandin, NF-ĸB: nuclear factor kappa B, LPO: lipid peroxidation, ROS: reactive oxygen species, COX: cyclooxygenase, IL: interleukin, ERK: extracellular signal-related kinase, X: inhibition, ↓: induction.
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- Vahideh Oveissi
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- PhytoPharmacology Interest Group (PPIG), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Pharmacy Students' Research Committee, School of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- G. B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, 263643, India
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- School of Pharmacy, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-honmachi, Chuo ku, Kumamoto, 862-0973, Japan
- Program for Leading Graduate Schools, Health life science: Interdisciplinary and Glocal Oriented (HIGO) Program, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-honmachi, Chuo ku, Kumamoto, 862-0973, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
- Medical Biology Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
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Woode E, Ameyaw EO, Boakye-Gyasi E, Abotsi WKM, Oppong Kyekyeku J, Adosraku R, Biney RP. Effects of an ethanol extract and the diterpene, xylopic acid, of Xylopia aethiopica fruits in murine models of musculoskeletal pain. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2016; 54:2978-2986. [PMID: 27430751 DOI: 10.1080/13880209.2016.1199040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Revised: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 06/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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CONTEXT Fruits of Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich. (Annonaceae) are used traditionally to manage arthritis, headache and other pain disorders. OBJECTIVE The analgesic properties of the X. aethiopica ethanol fruit extract (XAE) and xylopic acid (XA) were evaluated in musculoskeletal pain models. MATERIALS AND METHODS Acute muscle pain was induced in gastrocnemius muscle of Sprague-Dawley rats with 3% carrageenan (i.m.). Rats received XAE (30-300 mg/kg), XA (10-100 mg/kg) or morphine (1-10 mg/kg) after 12 h. Effects of XAE and XA on muscle pain were assessed by measuring post-treatment grip strength of the rats. Chronic muscle pain was similarly induced, but drug treatment was on the eighth day and effects of XAE and XA assessed with Randall-Selitto test for hyperlagesia. Acute-skeletal pain was induced in knee joints of rats with 3% carrageenan-kaolin mixture and effects determined 12-h later. Similar induction protocol was used for chronic knee pain with treatment and measurement as done for chronic muscle pain. RESULTS XAE and XA significantly and dose-dependently ameliorated both acute muscle (ED50 mg/kg: XAE = 22.9; XA = 6.2) and skeletal hyperalgesia (XAE = 39.9; XA = 17.7) induced by 3% carrageenan. Similarly, chronic skeletal hyperalgesia was reduced by XAE and XA treatment similar to morphine (ED50: XAE = 13.0; XA = 4.6). This reduction was also seen in chronic muscle hyperalgesia (ED50: XAE = 79.1; XA = 42.7). XAE and XA significantly reduced the spread of hyperalgesia to contralateral limbs in both models of chronic hyperalgesia. CONCLUSION These findings establish analgesic properties of the ethanol fruit extract of X. aethiopica and xylopic acid in musculoskeletal pain.
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- Eric Woode
- a Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology , Kumasi , Ghana
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- b Department of Biomedical and Forensic Sciences, School of Biological Science , University of Cape Coast , Cape Coast , Ghana
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- a Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology , Kumasi , Ghana
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- a Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology , Kumasi , Ghana
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- c Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology , Kumasi , Ghana
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- c Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology , Kumasi , Ghana
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- a Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology , Kumasi , Ghana
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Biney RP, Benneh CK, Ameyaw EO, Boakye-Gyasi E, Woode E. Xylopia aethiopica fruit extract exhibits antidepressant-like effect via interaction with serotonergic neurotransmission in mice. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2016; 184:49-57. [PMID: 26902831 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2015] [Revised: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Xylopia aethiopica has been used traditionally to treat some central nervous system disorders including epilepsy. AIM OF THE STUDY Despite the central analgesic and sedative effects, there is little evidence for its traditional use for CNS disorders. This study thus assessed the antidepressant potential of Xylopia aethiopica ethanolic fruit extract (XAE). MATERIAL AND METHODS Antidepressant effect was assessed in the forced swim test (FST) and tail suspension test (TST) models in mice. The role of monoamines in the antidepressant effects of XAE was evaluated by selective depletion of serotonin and noradrenaline, whereas involvement of NMDA/nitric oxide was assessed with NMDA receptor co-modulators; d-serine and d-cycloserine and NOS inhibitor, l-NAME. RESULTS Xylopia aethiopica (30, 100, 300mgkg(-1)) dose dependently reduced immobility in both FST and TST. The reduced immobility was reversed after 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) depletion with tryptophan hydroxylase inhibitor-p-chlorophenylalanine (pCPA) and after monoamine depletion with vesicular monoamine transporter inhibitor-reserpine. The observed antidepressant effect was not affected by catecholamine depletion with the tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor, α-methyl-p-tyrosine (AMPT). Similarly XAE did not potentiate the toxicity of a sub-lethal dose of noradrenaline. XAE had a synergistic effect with the glycineB receptor partial agonist, d-cycloserine and nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, l-NAME. However established antidepressant effects of XAE were abolished by NMDA and NOS activation with d-serine and l-arginine. CONCLUSION This study shows that Xylopia aethiopica has antidepressant potential largely due to effects on 5-HT neurotransmission with possible glutamatergic effect through the glycineB co-binding site and nitric oxide synthase inhibition.
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- Robert P Biney
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Department of Biomedical and Forensic Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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Woode E, Ameyaw EO, Abotsi WKM, Boakye-Gyasi E. An isobolographic analysis of the antinociceptive effect of xylopic acid in combination with morphine or diclofenac. J Basic Clin Pharm 2015; 6:103-8. [PMID: 26692735 PMCID: PMC4660480 DOI: 10.4103/0976-0105.168055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background: A common practice of managing pain globally is the combination of analgesics and this is aimed at facilitating patient compliance, simplifying prescription, and improving efficacy without increasing adverse effects. Fruit extracts of Xylopia aethiopica are used traditionally in the management of pain disorders and xylopic acid (XA) present in the fruit extract have been shown to possess analgesic properties in animals. There is the likelihood of concomitant use of XA and the commonly used analgesics in traditional settings. This study, therefore, evaluated the pharmacologic interaction between XA/morphine and xylopic/diclofenac combinations. Methods: The formalin test and acetic acid writhing test were used to study the antinociceptive activity of XA, morphine, and diclofenac. The isobolographic analysis was used to study the antinociceptive interactions between XA co-administered with morphine or diclofenac. Results: Results obtained revealed that XA (10–100 mg/kg), morphine (1–10 mg/kg), and diclofenac (1–10 mg/kg) produced dose-related antinociception with different potencies in the formalin and acetic acid writhing tests. Isobolographic analysis of XA/morphine and XA/diclofenac combinations revealed potentiation of their antinociceptive effects. The degree of potentiation calculated as interaction index showed synergism for both combinations in all the nociceptive tests. Conclusion: In conclusion, the present study demonstrated synergism for the co-administration of XA with morphine or diclofenac.
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- Eric Woode
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Department of Biomedical and Forensic Sciences, School of Biological Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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