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J Mycol Med ; 28(2): 332-339, 2018 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29571979

RESUMO

The prevalence and fatality rates with biofilm-associated candidal infections have remained a challenge to the medical fraternity despite major advances in the field of antifungal therapy. Traditionally, essential oils (EOs) from the aromatic plants have been found to be excellent therapeutic agents to treat fungal ailments. The present study explores the antivirulent and antibiofilm effects of under explored leaf EOs of Indian patchouli EO extracted from Pogostemon heyneanus (PH), Indian cassia from Cinnamomum tamala (CT) and camphor EO from C. camphora (CC) against Candida species. The EOs were investigated for its efficacy to disrupt the young and preformed Candida spp. biofilms and to inhibit the yeast to hyphal transition, a hallmark virulent trait of C. albicans. The ability of these EOs to inhibit metabolically active cells was assessed through XTT assay. Of these three EOs, CT EO showed enhanced biofilm inhibition than others and hence it was further selected to study its biomass inhibition potential and exopolysaccharide layer disruption ability. The CT EO reduced the biomass of the preformed biofilms of all three Candida strains, which was supported by confocal microscopy. It also disrupted the exopolysaccharide layer of the Candida strains as shown by scanning electron microscopy. The present findings validate the effectiveness of EOs against the virulence of Candida spp. and emphasize the pharmaceutical potential of several native but yet unexplored wild aromatic plants in the prospect of therapeutic application.


Assuntos
Antifúngicos/farmacologia , Biofilmes/efeitos dos fármacos , Candida/efeitos dos fármacos , Cinnamomum zeylanicum/química , Óleos Voláteis/farmacologia , Pogostemon/química , Candida/patogenicidade , Candida/ultraestrutura , Candida albicans/efeitos dos fármacos , Candidíase/microbiologia , Humanos , Hifas/efeitos dos fármacos , Hifas/ultraestrutura , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura , Virulência
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Environ Toxicol ; 29(2): 165-75, 2014 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22052664

RESUMO

Silymarin, the purified extract from milk thistle Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn, consists mainly of four isomeric flavonolignans: silibinin, isosilibinin, silidianin, and silichristin. The present study was carried out to evaluate the protective potential of silymarin in human erythrocytes against in vitro exposure to the carcinogen benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P). Erythrocytes isolated from human blood were divided into four groups and treated with Vehicle [Group I], B(a)P (300 µM) [Group II], Silymarin (500 µM) + B(a)P (300 µM) [Group III], and Silymarin alone (500 µM)] [Group IV]. Silymarin treatment maintains the integrity of erythrocytes by preventing hemolysis, protein thiol oxidation and by decreasing the activity of AChE. SEM observations indicate that B(a)P induced significant alteration in the morphology of erythrocytes to echinocytes, which may be due to the interaction of B(a)P with the membrane's outer phopholipid monolayer. The light microscopic and SEM images show that silymarin treatment maintains the normal discocytic morphology of erythrocytes. The protective effect of silymarin might be attributed to its chemical structure and membranotrophic nature. The components silibinin, silydianin, and silychristin have OH in the 3rd, 5th, and 7th carbon atoms that may account for its increased antioxidant activity and removal of ROS formed during B(a)P metabolism.


Assuntos
Benzo(a)pireno/toxicidade , Carcinógenos/toxicidade , Eritrócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Substâncias Protetoras/farmacologia , Silimarina/farmacologia , Acetilcolinesterase/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Eritrócitos/metabolismo , Eritrócitos/patologia , Glutationa/metabolismo , Glutationa Peroxidase/metabolismo , Hemólise/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Carbonilação Proteica/efeitos dos fármacos
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Acta Biol Hung ; 62(4): 441-52, 2011 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22119872

RESUMO

A simple and efficient protocol has been developed for high frequency plant regeneration through callus cultures derived from leaf bases of abiotic stress sensitive Asian indica rice variety IR 64. Leaf base segments (4-5 mm diameter) were obtained from 6-day-old dark grown seedlings germinated on halfstrength Murashige and Skoog medium and cultured on MS medium supplemented with different concentrations of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2.2-18 µM) and Kinetin (0.2-1.7 µM). Among the various combinations, 13.5 µM 2,4-D and 1.3 µM Kn resulted in high callus induction frequency (87.5%) with a maximum fresh weight of 0.22 g per segment. The regeneration frequency was 75.5% with multiple shoots within 3 weeks of transfer on MS medium supplemented with 13.3 µM 6-benzylamino purine and 8 µM Naphthaleneacetic acid. The shoots readily rooted on half-strength MS medium without any hormonal supplements. In vitro regenerated plantlets with multiple shoots and roots were transferred to sterile soil and vermiculite mix and maintained in shade house for 30 days. Complete plantlets were then transferred to nursery and acclimatized to the external environment until seed set. RAPD profile reveals monomorphism and thus confirming the genetic stability of the regenerated plants. This method has the potential for both direct as well as indirect method of transformation for the production of genetically modified plants.


Assuntos
Oryza/classificação , Oryza/fisiologia , Folhas de Planta/efeitos dos fármacos , Estresse Fisiológico , Ácido 2,4-Diclorofenoxiacético/farmacologia , Meios de Cultura , Cinetina/farmacologia , Oryza/efeitos dos fármacos , Brotos de Planta/efeitos dos fármacos , Brotos de Planta/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Regeneração , Técnicas de Cultura de Tecidos
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Neurosci Lett ; 468(3): 216-9, 2010 Jan 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19897016

RESUMO

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, which is one of the four leading causes of death in developed nations. Until date the only symptomatic treatment for this disease is based on the "cholinergic hypothesis" where the drugs enhance acetylcholine levels in the brain by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase (AChE). In the course for screening cholinesterase inhibitors about eight seaweeds, with wide pharmaceutical applications, were collected from Hare Island, Gulf of Mannar, Marine Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. Inhibitory effect of methanol extract of the seaweeds was studied in vitro by incubating various concentration of the extract with AChE or butyryl cholinesterase (BuChE) and assessing their activities by Ellman's colorimetric method. Kinetic parameters like IC(50), K(i) and V(max) were also analyzed. The results showed that of the eight seaweeds screened Hypnea valentiae, Padina gymnospora, Ulva reticulata and Gracilaria edulis exhibited inhibitory activity to AChE with IC(50) value of 2.6, 3.5, 10 and 3mg/ml respectively, while H. valentiae, Enteromorpha intestinalis, Dictyota dichotoma and U. reticulata showed 50% inhibition to BuChE at concentration 3.9, 7, 6.5 and 10mg/ml respectively. The inhibitory activities of the seaweed extracts were comparable to the standard drug donepezil. Enzyme kinetic analysis showed that algal extracts exhibited mixed type inhibition (partial noncompetitive inhibition).


Assuntos
Inibidores da Colinesterase/química , Fármacos Neuroprotetores/química , Rodófitas/química , Alga Marinha/química , Ulva/química , Acetilcolinesterase/química , Butirilcolinesterase/química , Inibidores da Colinesterase/isolamento & purificação , Cinética , Fármacos Neuroprotetores/isolamento & purificação , Extratos Vegetais/química , Extratos Vegetais/isolamento & purificação
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Hum Exp Toxicol ; 29(6): 451-8, 2010 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19948747

RESUMO

Germline polymorphisms of genes involved in different steps of tumorigenesis like p53, the tumor suppressor gene, are reported to determine the individual susceptibility to cancer. Lung cancer is one of the most common and lethal cancers and tobacco smoking remains its most important etiologic factors. The most frequently p53 mutated codons of lung cancer are 72 (exon 4) and 249 (exon 7). Since mutations in the p53 gene are present in approximately 40% of all human lung cancers and are more common in smokers than in nonsmokers, we aimed to detect the status of p53 at codon 72 for Arg/Arg or Arg/Pro or Pro/Pro allele polymorphism and p53 codon 249 mutation in smokers and nonsmokers of South India. Allele frequencies in the nonsmokers were 0.16 for the Arg/Pro allele and 0.84 for the Pro/Pro allele in our study population. Among the smokers, the frequencies of the Arg/Pro, Arg/Arg, and Pro/Pro alleles were 0.88, 0.04, and 0.08, respectively. No mutation was detected in both smokers and nonsmokers in p53 codon 249. From the worldwide scenario, it can be speculated that the smokers, with Arg/Pro genotype are more prone for lung cancer or to other types of cancer.


Assuntos
Envelhecimento/genética , Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas/genética , Genes p53 , Mutação , Polimorfismo Genético , Fumar/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Códon , Éxons , Frequência do Gene , Estudos de Associação Genética , Humanos , Índia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Polimorfismo de Fragmento de Restrição , Mapeamento por Restrição , Fatores de Risco , Adulto Jovem
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