SUMMARY: To evaluate the anti-cancer effects of yeast extract on resistant cells, autophagy and necroptosis were investigated in 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-resistant colorectal cancer cells. Further underlying characteristics on drug resistance were evaluated, focused on ERK-RSK-ABCG2 linkage. SNU-C5 and 5-FU...
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Neoplasias Colorrectales/tratamiento farmacológico,
Resistencia a Antineoplásicos,
Fluorouracilo,
Autofagia,
Antineoplásicos/farmacología,
Proteínas Quinasas S6 Ribosómicas 90-kDa,
Transportador de Casetes de Unión a ATP, Subfamilia G, Miembro 2,
Células Tumorales Cultivadas,
Levaduras,
Necroptosis,
Supervivencia Celular/efectos de los fármacos,
Western Blotting,
Electroforesis
Bauhinia
genus comprises 300 diferent species distributed in tropical and subtropical forests.
Infusions of some species have been frequently used in folk medicine to treat several ailments, especially
diabetes. S
tudies are focused on the extracts and little is reported about their esse...
Triterpenes are very important secondary metabolites with wide structural diversity and
significant role in pharmacy and medicine.
In the present research, a comparative study of
pharamacological activities of the triterpene fractions obtained from several pla...
SUMMARY: Cisplatin (Cis) is an important chemotherapeutic agent used in cancer treatment. Males exposed to Cis were reported to exhibit testicular toxicity. Cis-induced testicular toxicity is mediated by oxidative stress, inflammation, testosterone inhibition and apoptosis. Accordingly, this study was co...
Camellia sinensis/química,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Té/química,
Infliximab/farmacología,
Cisplatino/toxicidad,
Testículo/efectos de los fármacos,
Recuento de Espermatozoides,
Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/antagonistas & inhibidores,
Apoptosis,
Estrés Oxidativo,
Inflamación,
Ratas Sprague-Dawley,
Extractos Vegetales/química,
Inmunohistoquímica,
Malondialdehído/análisis,
Glutatión/análisis,
Testículo/patología
The purpose of this work was to evaluate the antioxidant capacity of Prosopis pallida (Fabaceae) fruits “algarrobo”, in addition to determine their main chemical components. Fruit purified extracts from the regions of Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque, and La Libertad (Peru) were eval...
dos Santos, Jymmys Lopes;
Silva, Ana Mara de Oliveira e;
Souza, Lúcio Marques Vieira;
Pereira, Raquel Oliveira;
Lima, Clésio Andrade;
Abreu, Lucas Silva;
Montalvao, Monalisa Martins;
Correa, Cristiane Bani;
Rabelo, Thallita Kelly;
Duarte, Marcelo Cavalcante;
Aidar, Felipe Jose;
Tavares, Josean Fechine;
Estevam, Charles dos Santos;
Marçal, Anderson Carlos.
In order to understand antidiabetic potential and toxicity, this study aimed to evaluate the acute toxicity and antidiabetic activity of ethanolic extract and ethyl acetate fraction obtained from Coutoubea spicata “nicolau” shoots. Chemical constituents and acute toxicity were investigated. In alloxa...
Objetivo: Obtener un fitofármaco a base de extracto seco de limón con estándares de calidad, procesamiento amigable con el medio ambiente y con antecedentes de efectividad y seguridad, evaluando sus efectos en pacientes hipertensos con frecuentes crisis hipertensivas. Métodos y resultados: Se selecci...
Citrus/química,
Crisis Hipertensiva/tratamiento farmacológico,
Flavonoides/análisis,
Medicamento Fitoterápico,
Jugos de Frutas y Vegetales,
Ácido Ascórbico/análisis,
Espectrofotometría,
Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión,
Extractos Vegetales/uso terapéutico,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Presión Arterial/efectos de los fármacos,
Factores de Tiempo,
d0056120,
d0112080
The neuroprotective effect of flower and fruit parts of Capparis ovata Desf. var. palaestina Zoh. plant was investigated in H2O2-induced cytotoxicity in SH-SY5Y cells. The cells were treated with H2O2 alone or pretreated with flower (COMFL) and fruit extract (COMFR) of C. ovatavar. palaesti...
Silva, Márcia J. A;
Boleti, Ana Paula A;
Acho, Leonard D. R;
Campos, Jaqueline F;
Neto, José P. M;
Guimaraes, Anderson;
Silva, Felipe M. A;
Koolen, Hector H. F;
Santos, Edson L;
Lima, Emerson S.
Bertholletia excelsa is native to the Amazon Rainforest and is popularly known as the Brazil nut. It has socioeconomic importance due its nuts being a great export product. There are few studies in the literature regarding the biotechnological potential of its bark, although it is used in folk medicin...
The objective of this work was to evaluate the gastroprotective activity of the crude ethanolic extract (CEE) from the stem barks of Piptadenia viridiflora using the acute models of inducing gastric ulcers by ethanol, ethanol-acidified, and ischemia-reperfusion, and correlating thi...
