| Journal: | Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000451803 |
| ISSN: | 1984-8250 |
| Authors: | Milevic, Ana1 Simic, Marko1 Tomovic, Marina1 Rankovic, Marina1 Jakovljevic, Vladimir1 Bradic, Jovana1 |
| Institutions: | 1University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kragujevac. Serbia |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Volumen: | 58 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental, aplicado |
| English abstract | The aim of this study was to assess the effects of methanol extract of G. verum on redox status of isolated heart of spontaneously hypertensive rats after ischemia. Twenty-four Wistar albino rats were divided into three groups: untreated control rats and rats that received 125 and 250 mg/kg G. verum extract for 4 weeks per os. Index of lipid peroxidation (measured as TBARS) and parameters of antioxidative defence system such as level of reduced glutathione (GSH) and activities of catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were spectrophotometrically determined in heart homogenate. The index of lipid peroxidation in heart tissue was lower in both treated groups compared to the control group. On the other hand, the activity of SOD was significantly higher after consumption of both doses, while the activity of CAT was significantly higher only after treatment with a higher dose of extract. Based on our results we might conclude that 4-week treatment with methanol extracts of G. verum has the potential to modulate myocardial redox signaling after ischemia, thus significantly alleviating cardiac oxidative stress and exerting dose-dependent antioxidant properties. Future studies are certainly necessary to fully clarify the role of this plant species in myocardial I-R injury |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Farmacología, Medicina experimental, Lesión isquémica, Corazón, Extractos vegetales, Estrés oxidativo, Galium verum, Rubiaceae, Modelos animales, Ratas |
| Keyword: | Pharmacology, Experimental medicine, Ischemic injury, Heart, Plant extracts, Oxidative stress, Galium verum, Rubiaceae, Animal models, Rats |
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