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Punica granatum is commonly used in Korea as a traditional medicine for the treatment of pathogenic bacteria. In this study, we investigated the in vitro and in vivo antimicrobial activity of P. granatum peel EtOH extract (PGPE) against 16 strains of Salmonella. The minimal inhibitory concentrations of PGPE were in the range of 62.5-1000 x03BCg mL(-1). In addition, the in vivo antibacterial activity of the PGPE extract was examined in a S. typhimurium infection mouse model. Mice were initially infected with S. typhimurium and then with PGPE. The extract was found to have significant effects on mortality and the numbers of viable S. typhimurium recovered from feces. Although clinical signs and histological damage were rarely observed in the treated mice, the untreated controls showed signs of lethargy and histological damage in the liver and spleen. Taken together, the results of this study indicate that PGPE has the potential to provide an effective treatment for salmonellosis.
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We evaluated the in vivo anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of orally administered paeonol in mice, and also investigated the anti-inflammatory activity of paeonol in a cell line. Paeonol significantly reduced the edema induced by arachidonic acid in rats. The analgesic effects were assayed using 2 different models, i.e., by acetic acid-induced writhing response and by formalin induced licking and biting time. Moreover, we examined the effects of paeonol on the release of inflammatory mediators such as NO, PGE(2) and IL-6. Our results demonstrated that paeonol inhibited LPS induced expression of NO, PGE(2) and IL-6. Paeonol prevented LPS induced iNOS, COX-2 and ERK activation. Therefore, paeonol appears to have potential as a treatment for inflammatory disease and analgesic.
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Acetofenonas/farmacologia , Analgésicos/farmacologia , Anti-Inflamatórios/farmacologia , Cynanchum , Proteínas Quinases Ativadas por Mitógeno/antagonistas & inibidores , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Acetofenonas/uso terapêutico , Analgésicos/uso terapêutico , Animais , Sobrevivência Celular , Ciclo-Oxigenase 2/metabolismo , Dinoprostona/metabolismo , Edema/induzido quimicamente , Edema/tratamento farmacológico , Interleucina-6/metabolismo , Lipopolissacarídeos , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos ICR , Óxido Nítrico/metabolismo , Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo II/metabolismo , Dor/tratamento farmacológico , Fitoterapia , Raízes de Plantas , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-DawleyRESUMO
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is serious clinical urgent problems worldwide. In the present study, the antibacterial activity of Hylomecon hylomeconoides was investigated. The EtOH extract and its fraction (n-hexane, CH(2)Cl(2), EtOAc, and H(2)O) were investigated against MRSA. The most active extract (CH(2)Cl(2)) led to the isolation of 6-methoxydihydrosanguinarine (6-MS), 6-acetonylhydrosanguinarine, and dihydrosanguinarine. These compounds were very active against MRSA strains with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) ranging from 1.95 to 250 microg/ml. Our study did however focus on 6-MS as it appeared to be the most active with MICs in the range of 1.9 to 3.9 microg/ml. These results encourage us to think that 6-MS can be used as a natural antibacterial agent.