Evaluation of the Safety of Three Phenolic Compounds from <i>Dipteryx alata</i>Vogel with Antiophidian Potential
Evaluation of the Safety of Three Phenolic Compounds from <i>Dipteryx alata</i>Vogel with Antiophidian Potential作者机构:Post-Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Sorocaba Sorocaba Brazil Serpentarium of the University of Vale do Paraíba São José dos Campos Brazil Post-Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences Tocantins Federal University Palmas Brazil Methodist University of Piracicaba Piracicaba Brazil Laboratory of Neurobiology and Toxinology Federal University of Pampa São Gabriel Brazil Department of Biological Sciences São Paulo State University Araraquara Brazil Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Salamanca University Salamanca Spain Department of Physiological Sciences University of Campinas Piracicaba Brazil
出 版 物:《Chinese Medicine》 (中医(英文))
年 卷 期:2015年第6卷第1期
页 面:1-12页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Ames Test Baru Bothrops jararacussu Venom Vanillic Acid Vanillin
摘 要:Phenolic compounds from Dipteryx alata Vogel were assayed against the in vitro neurotoxic effect induced by Bothrops jararacussu (Bjssu) venom. Mutagenicity was assessed by the Ames test using Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98, TA97a, TA100, and TA102, in experiments with and without metabolic activation. Anti-bothropic activity was obtained by using mouse phrenic nerve-diaphragm (PND) preparation and myographic technique. Control experiments with physiological Tyrode solution were used for keeping the PND preparations alive (n = 4). Concentrations of phe-nolic compounds were as follow: protocatechuic and vanillic acids (200 μg/mL, n = 4), vanillin (50 μg/mL, n = 4). These compounds were used alone or pre-incubated with the venom (40 μg/mL), 30 min prior the addition to the organ bath (n = 4). Phenolic compounds significantly inhibited the neuromuscular blockade of Bjssu in the following order of potency: vanillic acid protocatechuic = vanillin. Vanillic acid added 10 min after the Bjssu venom was also able to avoid the venomblockade evolution. The mutagenicity assay indicated that all phytochemicals were unable to in-crease the number of revertants, demonstrating the absence of mutagenic activity. This study demonstrated both the safety and therapeutical potential of the three phenolic compounds as novel complementary anti-bothropic agents.