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DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3399770
A plant used in Mexican traditional medicine improves colitis due to regulation of antioxidant mechanisms
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Publication Date:
20 December 2019 (online)
Cyrtocarpa procera, known as “Chupandilla” is a plant used for gastrointestinal problems in Mexican traditional medicine[1], [2] Not only ethnobotanical use of this plant has been reported, but antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant properties had been described for Chupandilla’s extract [1]. It´s well known that oxidative stress is one of the most important factors for both progression and severity of colitis, due to an impairment of antioxidant defenses [3]. Here, we evaluated the antioxidant effect of Chupandilla’s methanolic extract in a DSS-induced colitis.
DSS dissolved in drinking water was used for colitis induction on female BALB/c mice.
Compared to untreated mice with colitis, mice with Chupandilla’s extract presented an increase in survival rate, less severe colitis symptoms like diarrhea, bleeding and weight-loss.
At microscopical level, Chupandilla’s extract greatly reduced loss of crypts architecture and cellular organization and inflammatory infiltrate.
In terms of oxidative stress, treated group with extract also showimprovements; antioxidant enzymes likeno loss of activity in colon, while mice presented considerable low activities. Chupandilla’s extract prevented activity dual role in both inflammatory and oxidative stress processes during colitis.
C. procera extract, presented good in vitro antioxidant capacity, probably due to the presence of polyphenolic compounds, in particular flavonoids, which had been reported anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. Crhysin, naringenin, kaempferol and catequin were the flavonoids identified in C. procera extract. Thus, the improvement of UCcould be mechanisms of compounds.
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