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Antioxidant and Prooxidant Effects of Piptadeniastrum Africanum As The Possible Rationale Behind Its Broad Scale Application In African Ethnomedicine.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2018 November 30
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Piptadeniastrum africanum is widely used in treating oxidative stress related diseases. Oxidative stress, defined as the disturbance in the balance between the production of free radicals and antioxidant defenses, is the root cause of many pathophysiological conditions. Based on the dual properties of prooxidants as toxic and beneficial compounds, both prooxidants and antioxidants may be effective in the treatment of these conditions when the right dose is given to the right subject at the right time for the right duration.
AIM OF THE STUDY: This study was aimed at investigating the in vitro and ex vivo anti- and pro-oxidative effects of P. africanum.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Total phenolic and flavonoid contents of methanol and aqueous extracts of P. africanum stem back were quantified spectrophotometrically. The methanol extract, ascorbate radicals and reactive oxygen species in brain and liver homogenates of mice treated with the methanol stem bark extract were analyzed by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Free radical scavenging of DPPH was determined by spectrophotometric and EPR assays.
RESULTS: The methanol extract was richer in both phenolic and flavonoid contents compared to the aqueous extracts and also showed better DPPH radical scavenging capacity. The EPR spectroscopy in vitro analysis exhibited high DPPH scavenging capacity before and after UV irradiation (99.5 and 98.76%) at 40μg/ml extract. The ex vivo EPR spectroscopy studies demonstrated increased levels of ascorbate radicals (•Asc) in liver and brain homogenates of healthy mice treated with P. africanum in comparison with those of the non treated controls (0.6141±0.026 vs 0.1800±0.0073 arb. units for liver homogenates and 0.9605±0.0492 vs 0.3375±0.0062 arb. units for brain homogenates, correspondingly). Considerably, higher levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were measured in mice liver and brain homogenates after treatment with P. africanum extract compared to the control group, as well (1.9402 ± 0.1200 vs 0.6699±0.062 arb. units for liver homogenates and 1.7325±01503 vs 0.3167±0.0403 arb.units, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Therefore, P. africanum exhibited antioxidant and pro-oxidant properties which may explain its broad spectrum use in a wide variety of ailments.
AIM OF THE STUDY: This study was aimed at investigating the in vitro and ex vivo anti- and pro-oxidative effects of P. africanum.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Total phenolic and flavonoid contents of methanol and aqueous extracts of P. africanum stem back were quantified spectrophotometrically. The methanol extract, ascorbate radicals and reactive oxygen species in brain and liver homogenates of mice treated with the methanol stem bark extract were analyzed by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Free radical scavenging of DPPH was determined by spectrophotometric and EPR assays.
RESULTS: The methanol extract was richer in both phenolic and flavonoid contents compared to the aqueous extracts and also showed better DPPH radical scavenging capacity. The EPR spectroscopy in vitro analysis exhibited high DPPH scavenging capacity before and after UV irradiation (99.5 and 98.76%) at 40μg/ml extract. The ex vivo EPR spectroscopy studies demonstrated increased levels of ascorbate radicals (•Asc) in liver and brain homogenates of healthy mice treated with P. africanum in comparison with those of the non treated controls (0.6141±0.026 vs 0.1800±0.0073 arb. units for liver homogenates and 0.9605±0.0492 vs 0.3375±0.0062 arb. units for brain homogenates, correspondingly). Considerably, higher levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were measured in mice liver and brain homogenates after treatment with P. africanum extract compared to the control group, as well (1.9402 ± 0.1200 vs 0.6699±0.062 arb. units for liver homogenates and 1.7325±01503 vs 0.3167±0.0403 arb.units, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Therefore, P. africanum exhibited antioxidant and pro-oxidant properties which may explain its broad spectrum use in a wide variety of ailments.
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