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Al Zoubi MS, Al Khateeb W, El-Oqlah M, Migdady M, Abu Al-Arja MI, Bzour M, El-Oqlah A, Almubarak S, Al-Qudah MA, Al-Batayneh K, Mkhael M, Elokda A, Ansari P, Hannan J, Nasef MM, Tambuwala MM, Bakshi HA. Anti-proliferative, Anti-angiogenic and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Moringa peregrina Leaf Extracts on Testosterone- Induced Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Rats. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2022; 23:161-169. [PMID: 35092384 PMCID: PMC9258670 DOI: 10.31557/apjcp.2022.23.1.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
AIM To investigate the potential anti-inflammatory and biochemical effects of Moringa peregrina leaf extracts on testosterone-induced benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in rats. METHODS Six groups of rats (each group included 5 rats) were included in this study. The groups included: 1) the control group, 2) the testosterone-induced BPH group, 3) with 50 mg/kg bwt (bodyweight) oil-treated BPH, 4) with 100 mg/kg bwt. oil-treated BPH, 5) with 500mg/kg bwt. ethanol treated BPH and 6) with 1,000 mg/kg bwt. aqueous treated BPH group. Biochemical markers were measured to evaluate the effect of M. peregrina leaf extracts. RESULTS Our results showed a significant improvement in the thickness of epithelial cells of the BPH glandular tissues when treated with different M. peregrina extracts (p < 0.05). In addition, M. peregrina extracts showed anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative and anti-angiogenesis effects on the BPH tissues by reduction of IL-6, PCNA and VEGF-A, respectively. CONCLUSION Our preclinical study concluded that M. peregrina leaf extracts showed a significant effect on BPH by reducing inflammation, proliferation, and angiogenic processes with no signs of toxicity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mazhar Salim Al Zoubi
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid-21163, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid-21163, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid-21163, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid-21163, Jordan
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid-21163, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid-21163, Jordan
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- Department of Biology, Jerash University, Jerash, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid-21163, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid-21163, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid-21163, Jordan
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine BT521SA,UK
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- Vital Care Medical Center, Men's Health Center Limerick, Irelandv
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- Department of Pharmacy, Independent University, Dhaka-1229, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmacy, Independent University, Dhaka-1229, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Huddersfield University, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine BT521SA,UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine BT521SA,UK
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Al Khateeb W, Muhaidat R, Alahmed S, Al Zoubi MS, Al-Batayneh KM, El-Oqlah A, Abo Gamar M, Hussein E, Aljabali AA, Alkaraki AK. Heat shock proteins gene expression and physiological responses in durum wheat ( Triticum durum) under salt stress. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2020; 26:1599-1608. [PMID: 32801489 PMCID: PMC7415065 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-020-00850-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Salt stress is a major abiotic stress causing adverse effects on plant growth and development. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of NaCl stress on growth, stress indicator parameters (lipid peroxidation, chlorophyll content and proline content), yield, and the expression of heat shock proteins genes (Hsp17.8, Hsp26.3, Hsp70 and Hsp101) of five Jordanian durum wheat (Triticum durum) landraces. Plants were irrigated with tap water as control or 200 mM NaCl. Significant differences among the 5 Triticum durum landraces in terms of growth parameters, stress indicator parameters, and expression of heat shock proteins genes were observed. Salt stressed landraces demonstrated decreased growth, increased levels of stress indicator parameters, and upregulation in Hsp17.8, Hsp26.3, Hsp70 and Hsp101 expression. Landraces T11 and M23 showed the highest growth, lowest levels of stress indicator parameters, and high expression of heat shock protein genes under NaCl stress. Whereas, J2 and A8 landraces showed the lowest growth, highest levels of stress indicator parameters and low expression of heat shock protein genes under NaCl stress. In conclusion, NaCl stress caused significant reduction in growth parameters, increased level of lipid peroxidation and proline content and upregulation in heat shock proteins gene expression levels. Growth, stress indicator parameters and gene expression results suggest that T11 and M23 landraces are the most NaCl stress tolerant landraces and could be used to enhance the gene pool in wheat breeding programs.
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- Wesam Al Khateeb
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 21163 Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 21163 Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 21163 Jordan
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 21163 Jordan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Jerash University, Jerash, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 21163 Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 21163 Jordan
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, A’Sharqiyah University, Ibra, Oman
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 21163 Jordan
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Al-Trad B, Al Zoubi M, Migdady M, Lahham J, A Aljabali A, Shehab M, Alomari S, Al-Qudah M, Qar J, Muhaidat R, El-Oqlah A, Tambuwala M. Effects of Artemisia judaica essential oil and ethanolic extract on experimentally-induced benign prostatic hyperplasia. Pharmacogn Mag 2020. [DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_216_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Muhaidat R, Brake MH, Al Zoubi M, Colautti RI, Al-Nasser A, Awawdeh M, Al-Batayneh K, Al Khateeb W, McKown AD, Lahham J, El-Oqlah A. Integrating morphological characters, molecular markers, and distribution patterns to assess the identity of Blepharis species from Jordan. Bot Stud 2018; 59:18. [PMID: 30046932 PMCID: PMC6060189 DOI: 10.1186/s40529-018-0234-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Blepharis constitutes an important part of the vegetation of the Jordanian arid and semi-arid regions, yet whether one or more species of this genus occurs in the Jordanian area is uncertain. We addressed this question by assessing morphological characters and testing Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) markers from three populations of Blepharis: two northern (lower slopes of Kufranjah valley and the Dead Sea region) and one southern (Wadi al Yutm). RESULTS Shoots from randomly chosen Blepharis plants were harvested from each of the three populations for morphological and molecular analyses. In the northern populations, spikes were lax and bract width was significantly shorter than length of the longest lateral spine compared to the southern population. A multivariate linear discriminant analysis distinguished the northern populations from the southern one by internode length, bract width, longest lateral spine length, and bract width to spine length ratio. The ISSR analysis revealed that 44 markers across eight primers were polymorphic with major allele frequency of 83.6% and an average of 5.5 polymorphic markers per primer. The genetic resemblance among individuals ranged from 0.27 to 0.96. The three Blepharis populations were accordingly clustered into two distinct groups, similar to the analysis of morphological differences and corresponding with the "northern" and "southern" population designations. CONCLUSIONS Our results strongly indicate the occurrence of two discrete Blepharis species in Jordan and reject the hypothesis that the genus is represented by only one species. We propose that the Blepharis species in Jordan are B. attenutata Napper (represented by the northern populations) and B. ciliaris (L.) B. L. Burtt (represented by the southern population). These findings are important for informing and revising floristic work within the region and an updated key has been included in our findings.
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- Riyadh Muhaidat
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, P. O. Box 21163, Irbid, Jordan
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- Science Department, Faculty of Science, Jerash University, Jerash, Jordan
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Yarmouk University, P. O. Box 21163, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Biology, Queen’s University, 116 Barrie Street, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
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- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, P. O. Box 21163, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, P. O. Box 21163, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, P. O. Box 21163, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, P. O. Box 21163, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Forest Sciences Centre, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, P. O. Box 21163, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, P. O. Box 21163, Irbid, Jordan
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Muhaidat R, D. McKown A, Al Khateeb W, Al-Shreide M, Bani Domi Z, Hussein E, El-Oqlah A. Full Assessment of C4 Photosynthesis in Blepharis attenuata
Napper (Acanthaceae) from Jordan: Evidence from Leaf Anatomy and Key C4 Photosynthetic
Enzymes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2012.206.216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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