Biological Evaluation of Several Coumarin Derivatives Designed as Possible Anti-inflammatory/Antioxidant Agents

Several linear and angular coumarins designed and synthesised as possible anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agents were evaluated for their biological activities, using the carrageenin-induced rat paw oedema model. In general, the compounds were found to be potent anti-inflammatory agents. Compound (4) was found to possess protective properties in adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats. The compounds were found to interact with 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl stable free radical (DPPH) whereas most of them were essentially inactive in other tests. The anti-inflammatory activity seemed to be connected with their reducing activity. R M values were determined as an expression of their lipophilicity which was also calculated as clog P. Only a poor relationship existed between lipophilicity and anti-inflammatory activity.     

Docking,steered molecular dynamics,and QSAR studies as strategies for studying isoflavonoids as 5-, 12-, and 15-lipoxygenase inhibitors

Lipoxygenases (LOX) are enzymes that catalyze polyunsaturated fatty acid peroxidation and have a non-heme iron atom located in their active site. They are implicated in the arachidonic acid pathway and involved in inflammation, fever, pain production, and in the origins of several diseases such as cancer, asthma, and psoriasis. The search for inhibitors of these enzymes has emerged in the last years, and isoflavonoids have a broad spectrum of biological activity with low cytotoxicity. Our previous results have shown that isoflavonoids inhibited different LOX isoforms in vitro. For this reason, we studied the most important interactions that govern the potency and selectivity of some isoflavones and isoflavans toward different LOX isoforms using computational methods. The docking results have shown that all the molecules can be located in different zones in the LOX active site. Steered molecular dynamics indicated that selectivity was present at the cavity entry, but not at its exit. We also observed the correlation between the potential mean force and the best (HIR-303) and worst inhibitors (IR-213) in 5-LOX. Finally, structure–activity relationship (QSAR) studies showed a good correlation between theoretical IC₅₀ values and experimental data for 5-LOX and 12-LOX with 96 and 95%, respectively, and a lower correlation for 15-LOX (79%). Conclusively, pharmacophore analysis showed that our proposed molecules should possess a donor–acceptor and aromatic centers to encourage interactions in the active site.     

活络效灵丹抗炎镇痛作用的实验研究

目的：研究活络效灵丹的抗炎、镇痛、消肿等药理作用,为该药的临床研究提供基础。方法：用二甲苯致小鼠耳肿胀法和角又莱胶致大鼠足肿胀法研究抗炎作用,用热板法和扭体法研究镇痛作用。结果：活络效灵丹能较好地抑制二甲苯引起的小鼠耳廓炎性肿胀和大鼠甲醛致足跖肿胀,能显著提高热板试验小鼠的痛阈,有效抑制冰醋酸引起的小鼠扭体反应次数。结论：活络效灵丹具有良好的抗炎、镇痛、消肿等作用。     

龙胆苦苷镇痛抗炎药理作用研究

本文采用小鼠醋酸扭体法和热板法观察龙胆苦苷(gentiopicroside)的镇痛药理作用,采用二甲苯致小鼠耳廓肿胀、蛋清致大鼠足跖肿胀急性炎症模型及大鼠肉芽肿慢性炎症模型,考察龙胆苦苷的抗炎药理作用.龙胆苦苷经皮下注射给药,在小鼠醋酸扭体和热板法实验中,减少了扭体次数,提高了小鼠痛域阈值,呈良好的量效关系.明显减轻了二甲苯致小鼠耳廓肿胀,降低蛋清致大鼠足趾肿胀,抑制了大鼠肉芽肿.结果表明龙胆苦苷对热和化学刺激引起的疼痛反应有明显的镇痛作用,对急、慢性炎症反应均有一定的抑制作用.     

Antioxidant aromatic butenolides from an insect-associated Aspergillus iizukae

Four new aromatic butenolides named aspernolides H-K (1–4), along with three known compounds (5–7), were isolated from the metabolites of Aspergillus iizukae, which resided in the guts of cricket species Gryllus testaceus. The structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis, modified Mosher methods and Mo₂(OAc)₄-induced electronic circular dichroism (ECD) experiments. Their antioxidant activities were evaluated through ABTS and DPPH radical scavenging assays. Compounds 3, 5, and 7 exhibited significant activities with IC₅₀ values of 29.46, 9.59 and 12.36 μM, respectively, compared with the positive control trolox (IC₅₀ 13.11 μM).     

Design,Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Dexibuprofen Derivatives as Novel Anti-Inflammatory,Antioxidant and Molecular Docking Studies

Prodrugs of dexibuprofen having ester moieties instead of free carboxylic acid which involves in gastrointestinal side effects have been synthesized. Dexibuprofen acid was condensed with different alcohols/phenols to afford the ester prodrugs. All of the synthesized prodrugs were characterized by their physical attributes, elemental analysis, FT-IR, ¹H-NMR, and ¹³C-NMR spectroscopy. The in vitro anti-inflammatory studies was done by chemiluminescence technique reflect prodrugs have been more potent, owing to the different chemical structures. Lipoxygenase enzyme inhibition assay was also assess and found compound DR7 with IC₅₀=19.8 μM), DR9 (IC₅₀=24.8 μM) and DR3 (IC₅₀=47.2 μM) as compared with Dexibuprofen (IC₅₀=156.6 μM). It was also evaluated for docking studies revealed that DR7 has found to be more potent anti-inflammatory against 5-LOX (3 V99) as well as analgesic against COX-II (5KIR) enzyme. Anti-oxidant activities were also performed, DR3 (86.9 %), DR5 (83.5 %), DR7 (93.9 %) and DR9 (87.4 %) were found to be more anti-oxidant as compared to (2S)-2-[4-(2-methylpropyl)phenyl]propanoic acid (52.7 %).     

长春七超临界提取物镇痛、镇静和抗炎作用的研究

研究长春七超临界提取物(SELB)的镇痛、镇静和抗炎作用。镇痛实验采用小鼠热板法和扭体法;镇静实验采用与戊巴比妥钠协同催眠法和小鼠自主活动法;抗炎实验采用大鼠足跖肿胀法和小鼠耳肿胀法。结果显示:SELB高、中、低剂量组均能显著提高热板致痛小鼠的痛阈和醋酸致痛小鼠的扭体抑制率;高、中剂量组与戊巴比妥钠有协同作用,能显著延长小鼠睡眠时间,高、中、低剂量组能显著减少小鼠自主活动次数;高、中剂量组能显著抑制蛋清致大鼠的足跖肿胀率,高、中、低剂量组均能显著抑制二甲苯致小鼠的耳肿胀度。SELB具有的镇痛、镇静和抗炎作用与长春七的功能主治及临床应用相符。     

丁香苷抗炎镇痛作用及部分机制研究

研究丁香苷抗炎镇痛作用及部分机制。以阿司匹林作阳性对照药,观察丁香苷对二甲苯致小鼠耳廓肿胀、醋酸致小鼠毛细血管通透性增加、角叉菜胶致大鼠足趾肿胀、棉球致大鼠肉芽肿的抗炎作用;对小鼠热板试验、醋酸扭体试验的镇痛作用;同时测定角叉菜胶致大鼠炎足炎性渗出物中的PGE2、MDA和血清中的NO、SOD,初步探讨丁香苷抗炎镇痛的部分机制。结果表明,丁香苷对急慢性炎症反应有明显抑制作用,能明显降低角叉菜胶致炎足炎性渗出物中PGE2、MDA和血清中NO含量,明显增加血清中SOD的活性。因此,丁香苷具有较强的抗炎镇痛作用,其机制可能与抑制PGE2、NO等炎症介质生成、增强自由基清除能力有关。     

合萌水提物抗炎镇痛作用的实验研究

目的:观察合萌水提物的抗炎、镇痛作用。方法:采用二甲苯致小鼠耳肿胀、角叉菜胶致小鼠足跖肿胀、醋酸致小鼠腹腔毛细血管通透性增加及醋酸致小鼠扭体实验、热板实验模型,观察合萌水提物的抗炎镇痛作用,并测定丙二醛(MDA)、一氧化氮(NO)的含量及超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性。结果:合萌水提物可抑制二甲苯致小鼠耳肿胀,减轻小鼠足跖肿胀,降低小鼠毛细血管通透性,减少醋酸致小鼠扭体次数,增加热板小鼠痛阈值,降低血清MDA、NO含量,提高血清SOD活性。结论:合萌水提物具有抗炎镇痛作用,作用机制可能与降低血管通透性、抑制NO等炎症介质产生及增强清除自由基、抗脂质过氧化能力有关。     

姜延胶囊抗炎镇痛作用实验研究

目的:观察姜延胶囊的抗炎镇痛作用.方法:采用醋酸致小鼠腹腔毛细管通透法、二甲苯致小鼠耳廓肿胀法、滤纸性肉芽肿法及小鼠热板法、扭体法镇痛实验等动物模型,考察姜延胶囊的抗炎镇痛效果.结果:姜延胶囊能明显减轻小鼠腹腔毛细血管通透性,对小鼠耳肿胀及肉芽肿均有抑制作用;并能减少热板及醋酸所致的小鼠疼痛反应,提高小鼠痛阈值.结论:姜延胶囊具有良好的抗炎镇痛作用,该实验为其临床应用提供了药理学依据.     

蕲蛇提取物抗炎镇痛药理作用的研究

目的 研究蕲蛇提取物的抗炎及镇痛作用,为蕲蛇的临床应用提供科学依据.方法 采用热板法、冰醋酸刺激致痛法研究蕲蛇提取物对小鼠痛阈的影响,利用二甲苯致小鼠耳廓炎症模型和腹腔染料渗出法测定蕲蛇提取物的抗炎作用.结果 蕲蛇提取物醇溶性和水溶性部位对小鼠热板及冰醋酸致痛反应有明显镇痛作用,对二甲苯致小鼠耳廓肿胀、冰醋酸致腹腔毛细血管通透性增高均有明显的抑制作用.结论 蕲蛇提取物醇溶性和水溶性部位有一定的抗炎及镇痛作用,并且水溶性部位较醇溶性部位的药效好,可为蕲蛇的临床应用提供指导作用.     

Increases in Endogenous Antioxidant Enzymes During Asbestos Inhalation in Rats

Although the pathogenesis of asbestos-induced pulmonary damage is still not completely understood, an important role has been attributed to active oxygen species. In the present paper we present results of a study investigating the effect of crocidolite asbestos inhalation on different lung antioxidant enzymes in rats. During the development of pulmonary fibrosis induced by crocidolite asbestos, lung superoxide dismutase, catalase and selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase activities increased, indicating an adaptive response to increased pulmonary oxidant stress. However, this adaptive response obviously is not sufficient to protect the lung from asbestos-induced pulmonary damage. Considering the role of active oxygen species in both the flbrotic process and tumor promotion, it is hypothesized that antioxidants may also protect the lung from chronic asbestos-induced pulmonary damage such as bronchogenic carcinoma.     

Increases in Endogenous Antioxidant Enzymes During Asbestos Inhalation in Rats

Although the pathogenesis of asbestos-induced pulmonary damage is still not completely understood, an important role has been attributed to active oxygen species. In the present paper we present results of a study investigating the effect of crocidolite asbestos inhalation on different lung antioxidant enzymes in rats. During the development of pulmonary fibrosis induced by crocidolite asbestos, lung superoxide dismutase, catalase and selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase activities increased, indicating an adaptive response to increased pulmonary oxidant stress. However, this adaptive response obviously is not sufficient to protect the lung from asbestos-induced pulmonary damage. Considering the role of active oxygen species in both the flbrotic process and tumor promotion, it is hypothesized that antioxidants may also protect the lung from chronic asbestos-induced pulmonary damage such as bronchogenic carcinoma.     

Substituted furans as potent lipoxygenase inhibitors: Synthesis,in vitro and molecular docking studies

A number of 2-methyl-4-(2-oxo-2-phenyl-ethyl)-5-phenyl-furan-3-carboxylic acid alkyl ester derivatives (3a–j) were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro inhibitory activity on soybean lipoxygenase enzyme. Among the screened compounds, 5-(4-bromo-phenyl)-4-[2-(4-bromo-phenyl)-2-oxo-ethyl]-2-methyl-furan-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester (3g) has been found to exhibit potent inhibitory activity with IC₅₀12.8 μM using nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) as standard. Molecular modeling was employed for better understanding of the binding between compounds and soybean lipoxygenase enzyme. The predicted binding energy values correlated well with the observed in vitro data.     

Glassworts as Possible Anticancer Agents Against Human Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Cells with Their Nutritive,Antioxidant and Phytochemical Profiles

In this study, the possible uses of glassworts as potential food ingredients and their antiproliferative activity against colorectal adenocarcinoma cells together with their antioxidant and phytochemical profiles were investigated for the first time. MeOH extracts of five different taxa collected from different localities were screened for their antioxidant capacities by DPPH (IC₅₀ 2.91 – 5.49 mg/ml) and ABTS (24.4 – 38.5 μmol TE/g extract) assays. Salicornia freitagii exhibited the highest DPPH radical scavenging activity. LC/MS/MS analysis displayed that vanillic acid and p‐coumaric acid were two main phenolic compounds in the extract. Salicornia freitagii extracts also exhibited high antiproliferative activity against HT‐29 (IC₅₀ 1.67 mg/ml) and Caco‐2 (IC₅₀ 3.03 mg/ml) cells for 72 h. Mineral analysis indicated that all the species with different proportions of elemental components contained high amount of cations. These results indicate that investigated glassworts, with their high phenolic and mineral contents and also notable antioxidant and cytotoxic properties, may be utilized as a promising source of therapeutics.     

Antioxidant effect of tetrahydrocurcumin in streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced diabetic rats

Oxidative stress has been suggested to be a contributory factor in development and complication of diabetes. In the present study, we have investigated the effect of tetrahydrocurcumin (THC), one of the active metabolites of curcumin on antioxidants status in streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced diabetic rats. Oral administration of THC at 80 mg/kg body weight of diabetic rats for 45 days resulted in significant reduction in blood glucose and significant increase in plasma insulin levels. In addition, THC caused significant increase in the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione-S-transferase, reduced glutathione, vitamin C and vitamin E in liver and kidney of diabetic rats with significant decrease in thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and hydroperoxides formation in liver and kidney, suggesting its role in protection against lipid peroxidation induced membrane damage. These biochemical observations were supplemented by histopathological examination of liver and kidney section. The antidiabetic and antioxidant effects of THC are more potent than those of curcumin at the same dose. Results of the present study indicated that THC showed antioxidant effect in addition to its antidiabetic effect in type 2 diabetic rats.     

Antioxidant role of Umbelliferone in STZ-diabetic rats

The objective of the study was to investigate the role of Umbelliferone (UMB) on lipid peroxidation, nonenzymic and enzymic antioxidants in the plasma and liver of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Adult male albino rats of Wistar strain, weighing 180-200 g, were induced diabetes by administration of STZ (40 mg/kg b.wt.) intraperitoneally. The normal and diabetic rats were treated with UMB (30 mg/kg b.wt.) dissolved in 10% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) for 45 days. Diabetic rats had an elevation in the levels of lipid peroxidation markers (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), lipid hydroperoxides (HP) and conjugated dienes (CD)), and a reduction in nonenzymic antioxidants (vitamin C and reduced glutathione (GSH) except vitamin E in the plasma and liver, and enzymic antioxidants (superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) in the liver. Decreased level of beta-carotene and increased level of ceruloplasmin (Cp) were observed in the plasma of diabetic rats. Treatment with UMB and glibenclamide brought back lipid peroxidation markers, nonenzymic and enzymic antioxidants to near normalcy. Since UMB treatment decreases lipid peroxidation markers and enhances antioxidants' status it can be considered as a potent antioxidant.     

Computational and Pharmacological Studies on the Antioxidant,Thrombolytic, Anti-Inflammatory,and Analgesic Activity of Molineria capitulata

Molineria capitulata is an ornamental plant that has traditionally been used to treat several chronic diseases. The present study was designed to examine the antioxidant, cytotoxic, thrombolytic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic activities of a methanolic extract of M. capitulata leaves (MEMC) using both experimental and computational models. Previously established protocols were used to perform qualitative and quantitative phytochemical screening in MEMC. A computational study, including molecular docking and ADME/T analyses, was performed. The quantitative phytochemical analysis revealed the total phenolic and flavonoid contents as 148.67 and 24 mg/g, respectively. Antioxidant activity was assessed by examining the reducing power of MEMC, resulting in absorbance of 1.87 at 400 µg/mL, demonstrating a strong reduction capacity. The extract exhibited significant protection against blood clotting and showed the highest protein denaturation inhibition at 500 µg/mL. In both the acetic acid-induced writhing and formalin-induced paw-licking models, MEMC resulted in significant potential pain inhibition in mice. In the computational analysis, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, orcinol glucoside, curcapital, crassifogenin C, and 2,6-dimethoxy-benzoic acid displayed a strong predictive binding affinity against the respective receptors. These findings indicated that M. capitulata possesses significant pharmacological activities to an extent supported by computational studies.     

杜香不同提取部位的镇痛抗炎作用研究

采用小鼠醋酸扭体法和角叉菜胶致小鼠足掌肿胀模型筛选杜香三种提取部位镇痛抗炎作用.结果显示,甲醇提取物(10.0、1.0 mg/kg)和水提物(10.0 mg/kg)能显著抑制醋酸引起的小鼠扭体反应和角叉菜胶引起的小鼠足趾水肿.水提物(10.0 mg/kg)在致炎后2～4 h内效果接近吲哚美辛.高效液相色谱结果提示甲醇提取物的镇痛抗炎效果可能通过其所含黄酮类化合物实现.     

Copper Intoxication; Antioxidant Defenses and Oxidative Damage in Rat Brain

Copper (Cu) is an integral part of many important enzymes involved in a number of vital biological processes. Even though Cu is essential to life, it can become toxic to cells, at elevated tissue concentrations. Oxidative damage due to Cu has been reported in recent studies in various tissues. In this study, we aimed to determine the effect of excess Cu on oxidative and anti-oxidative substances in brain tissue in a rat model. Sixteen male Wistar albino rats were divided into two groups: the control group, which was given normal tap water, and the experimental group, which received water containing Cu in a dose of 1 g/l. All rats were sacrificed at the end of 4 wk, under ether anesthesia. Cu concentration in the liver and in plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) activities were determined. There were multiparameter changes with significant ALT and AST activity elevation and increased liver Cu concentration. In brain tissue, Cu concentration, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities, malondialdehyde (MDA) levels and glutathione (GSH) concentrations were determined. Brain Cu concentration was significantly higher in rats receiving excess Cu, compared with control rats (p < 0.05). Our results showed that SOD activities and GSH levels in brain tissue of the Cu-intoxicated animals were significantly lower than in the control group (p < 0.01 and p < 0,001, respectively). The brain MDA levels were found to be significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group (p < 0.001). The present results indicate that excessive Cu accumulation in the brain depressed SOD activities and GSH levels and resulted in high MDA levels in brain homogenate due to the lipid peroxidation induced by the Cu overload.