Study of the anti-inflammatory properties of a thick extract of Tribulus terrestris L.

The most promising direction in the treatment of chronic prostatitis is the use of medicinal plants and preparations based on them, which contain natural compounds with a broad spectrum of pharmacological activity: anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, reparative, immunomodulatory, hormone-regulating, antisclerotic, etc., and which can provide a complex therapeutic effect on the course of chronic prostatitis. A promising raw material in this direction is Tribulus terrestris L., a herbal preparation traditionally used to treat erectile dysfunction and atherosclerosis. This experimental work aims to study the anti-inflammatory activity of a thick extract of the Tribulus terrestris grass (freed from fruits) on the models of carrageenan and zymosan inflammation in rats. In the models of carrageenan and zymosan edema in rats, a thick extract of Tribulus terrestris L. in doses from 50 mg/kg to 200 mg/kg shows anti-inflammatory activity, the efficacy of which in the dose range of 150-200 mg/g in the initial stages of carrageenan inflammation is not inferior to sodium diclofenac at a dose of 8.0 mg/kg, and in the initial stages of zymosan inflammation, respectively, before the reference drug corvitin at a dose of 10 mg/kg. It indicates the anticyclogenase and antilipoxygenase properties of this thick extract.

CONDITION OF PERIODONTAL TISSUES ON THE BACKGROUND OF HELICOBACTER INVASION: THE CONCEPT OF PATHOGENESIS.

OBJECTIVE: The aim: To analyze the state of periodontal tissues against the background of Helicobacter pylori invasion in dynamics and to propose a possible mechanism of development of inflammatory periodontal diseases in patients with Helicobacter pylori-associated pathology of the gastrointestinal tract. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: We examined 43 patients with Helicobacter pylori-associated gastrointestinal pathology and 42 patients of the same age without somatic pathology, including without gastrointestinal pathology associated with Helicobacter pylori. Clinical and laboratory research methods (clinical, instru-mental, biochemical, histological methods) were used. RESULTS: Results: Comparing the data of clinical observations and the results of laboratory studies of patients with inflammatory periodontal disease on the background of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastrointestinal pathology, obtained in different observation periods, we can assume that basic dental treatment of periodontal disease in such patients undergoing eradication therapy does not provide stable anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antioxidant effect, which leads to reduced periods of remission and recurrence of periodontal disease, where oral dysbiosis plays a crucial role. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: Comparing the data of clinical observations and the results of laboratory studies of patients with chronic gingivitis on the background of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastrointestinal pathology, obtained in different observation periods, we can say that they correlate with each other and suggest that the basic dental treatment of chronic gingivatis on the background of H.pylori-associated pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, which is currently undergoing a course of eradication, does not give a stable anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antioxidant effect, which leads to recurrence of periodontal disease and shortening remission periods, where oral dysbiosis plays a crucial role.