In vitro cytoprotective potential of ornamental Harpullia pendula highlighting its medicinal value

Planta Medica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 80 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
MM Soltan ◽  
AR Hamed ◽  
SS El-Souda ◽  
RS Mohammed ◽  
AA Matloub
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Value

Chemical Composition and in-vitro antimicrobial screening of leaf essential oil of Plectranthus gerardianus Benth., and isolation of the major constituent of oil

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Navadha Bhatt ◽  
Navabha Joshi ◽  
Kapil Ghai ◽  
Om Prakash
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Activity ◽  
Essential Oil ◽  
Major Constituent ◽  
In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity ◽  
Gram Positive Bacteria ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
Leaf Essential Oil ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
Total Oil

Background: The Lamiaceae (Labiatae) is one of the most diverse and widespread plant families’ in terms of ethno medicine and its medicinal value is based on the volatile oils concentration. This family is important for flavour, fragrance and medicinal properties. Manyplants belonging to this family have indigenous value. Method: The essential oil of Plectranthus gerardianusBenth. (Lamiaceae), was analysed by GC and GC-MS analysis, while the major component was isolated and conformed by NMR spectroscopy. Result: The oil was found to be rich in oxygenated monoterpenes, which contribute around 62% of the total oil. The major components identified were fenchone (22.90%) and carvenone oxide (16.75%), besides other mono and sesquiterpenoids. The in-vitro antimicrobial activity of essential oil was tested against three gram negative bacteria viz. Pasteurellamultocida, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella enterica, two gram positive bacteria viz. Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis and two fungi viz. Candida albicans and Aspergillusflavus. The antimicrobial activity of the oil was also compared to the antimicrobial activity of leaf essential oil of another Himalayan plant viz. Nepetacoerulescens. Conclusion: The oil showed in-vitro antimicrobial activity against all the microbial strains and can lessen the ever-growing demand of potentially hazardous antibiotics for treatment.

Rapid In Vitro Propagation of Potentilla fulgens Wall—A Himalayan Alpine Herb of Medicinal Value

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manju Sambyal ◽  
Anjali Dogra ◽  
Sushma Koul ◽  
Ashok Ahuja
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Propagation ◽  
Medicinal Value

scholarly journals A Network Pharmacology Approach to Predict the Proangiogenesis Mechanism of Huangqi-Honghua Herb Pair after Cerebral Ischemia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Jinyi Cao ◽  
Lu Lei ◽  
Kai Wang ◽  
Jing Sun ◽  
Yi Qiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Ischemia ◽  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Target Genes ◽  
Blood Stasis ◽  
Blood Stasis Syndrome ◽  
Network Pharmacology ◽  
Western Blot Assay ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
Pharmacological Method

Objective. Huangqi-Honghua herb pair is known for its medicinal value to treat Qi deficiency and blood stasis syndrome with a long history in clinical practice. To understand its possible mechanism in a systematic study, a network pharmacological method was addressed. Methods. Detailed information on the HH compounds was obtained from two public databases, and oral bioavailability (OB) and drug-like (DL) of the compounds were evaluated. A correlation between HH compounds, its potential targets, and known targets was extrapolated, and the herb-compound-target-disease (H-C-T-D) network was established. Next, the pathway enrichment and essential genes were analyzed. Then, three key genes (VEGFA, VEGFR2, and eNOS), highly associated with angiogenesis, were screened and verified through western blot assay. Results. Out of 276 compounds, 21 HH compounds and 78 target genes regulating the major pathways associated with CI in the network are analyzed. The bioactive compounds in HH were active in various signal transduction pathways such as the toll-like receptor signaling pathway, VEGF signaling pathway, TNF signaling pathway, and HIF-1 signaling pathway are important pathways that may regulate anti-inflammatory, antiapoptotic, immune correlation, and antioxidative effects. The core genes are PTGS2, TNF, NOS2, IL6, BCL2, IL1B, SOD2, NOS3, SOD1, MMP9, and VEGFA. The in vitro results suggested that HH treatment could significantly elevate the expression of proangiogenic genes such as VEGFA, VEGFR2, and eNOS compared with OGD groups. Conclusions. Our results predict that HH may regulate the expression of VEGFA, VEGFR2, and eNOS via the VEGF and HIF-1 signaling pathway to promote angiogenesis and alleviate cerebral ischemia injury.

scholarly journals STUDY ON THE IN VITRO MORPHOGENETIC RESPONSE FROM SHOOT AND CALLUS CULTURES OF Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex. Roth

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (40) ◽  
pp. 28-38
Author(s):  
Trang Phuong Nguyen Thi ◽  
Quang Minh Bui ◽  
Hai Duc Le ◽  
Linh Quoc Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Callus Cultures ◽  
Culture Conditions ◽  
Ms Medium ◽  
Axillary Shoots ◽  
Scientific Database ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
Shoot Growth Rate

Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex. Roth is a short-term plant which contains many important secondarycompounds with high medicinal value. Currently, most of the researches focus on chemical composition and pharmacological activity, but the source of raw materials is very limited. In this study, the first step is transferring the samples from nature into in vitro culture conditions to understand the effects of the factors related to shooting and callus morphogenesis was performed, the first node from shoots apical meristem was isolated and sterilized with 1.5% NaOCl for 20 minutes to achieve high efficiency with 86.11% sterile samples and 85.56% shoot growth rate after 2 weeks of culture on MS medium. The shoot generation from axillary shoots was continued to be investigated with the highest number of shoots formed on MS medium supplemented with BA (1 mg / l) showed 1.53 shoots/implant which the height and the number of leavesare 3.65cm and 6.67, respectively. Besides, the formation of callus from leaves of MS medium supplemented with 2.4 - D (0.25 mg / l) achieved the rate of 66.67% of cultured samples, forming good callus after 4 weeks of culture. The results of the study not only contribute importantly to understanding morphogenesis for micropropagation purposes but also serve as the scientific database for further studies at the cellular and molecular levels of this plant.

scholarly journals Berberine inhibits the proliferation of pancreatic cancer targeting pancreatic cancer stem cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengmeng Liu ◽  
Yue Pan ◽  
Xufeng Tao ◽  
Ning Li ◽  
Kun Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Clinical Effectiveness ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Migration Assay ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
Anti Cancer ◽  
Cancer Agent ◽  
Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells

Abstract BackgroundPDAC is universally acknowledged to be one of the highest mortality rate of cancer-related deaths. PCSCs, regulated by EMT, could promote the proliferation of PDAC. Berberine with high medicinal value has usually been used as an anti-cancer agent. Hence the purpose of this study is to investigate the anti-cancer effect of berberine in PDAC. MethodsMTT assay was used to verify berberine inhibiting the proliferation of PDAC. Immunofluorescence staining, stem cell sphere, wound healing and transwell migration assay were demonstrated the anti-proliferation and anti-stemness of PCSCs in vitro . PANC-02 cells were injected in C57BL/6 mice to establish the orthotopic pancreatic-cancer model in vivo . H&E and Ki67 immunohistogical staining assay were used to evaluated the effect of berberine in PDAC in vivo. q-PCR and Western blot methods were applied to detect the expression of EMT procedure.ResultsIn this study, berberine has selective anti-cancer effect in PDAC in vitro . Moreover, berberine suppressed the proliferation and stemness of PCSCs in PDAC. In vivo , berberine reduced the tumor size and decreased the expression of Ki67 in orthotopic pancreatic-cancer pancreases. In addition, berberine inhibit the EMT signaling pathway both in vitro and in vivo . ConclusionsOur study indicates that berberine inhibit the proliferation of PDAC in vivo and vitro . The mechanism of anti-cancer effect on berberine may suppress the PCSCs through inhibiting EMT procedure. Therefore, berberine may be the novel antineoplastic drug with clinical effectiveness in PDAC. Keywords: Berberine, PDAC, PCSCs, EMT, berberine

scholarly journals Effect of Light on Rhizogenesis of Forest Berry Plants during Clonal Micropropagation

2021 ◽  
pp. 520-528
Author(s):  
Sergey Makarov ◽  
Sergey Rodin ◽  
Irina Kuznetsova ◽  
Anton Chudetsky ◽  
Svetlana Tsaregradskaya
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Rooting ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Clonal Micropropagation ◽  
Fluorescent Lamps ◽  
Planting Material ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
American Cranberry ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Spectral Ranges

Introduction. Forest berry plants are popular on the food market and in pharmacy for their high nutritional and medicinal value. Plantations of forest berry plants can proliferate on unused lands, including depleted peatlands. Clonal micropropagation is the most effective method for obtaining large quantities of high quality planting material. Light-emitting diodes are highly effective for clonal micropropagation. The research objective was to study the effect of different spectral ranges on the process of root formation of forest berry plants in vitro. Study objects and methods. The research featured regenerant plants of half-highbush blueberry, arctic bramble, American cranberry, European cranberry, lingonberry, and Kamchatka bilberry of different cultivars. A set of experiments made it possible to study the effect of lighting type on the growth and development of the root system of forest berry plants in vitro using white fluorescent lamps, white spectrum LED lamps, and LED lamps with a combination of white, red, and blue spectra at the in vitro rooting stage of clonal micropropagation. Results and its discussion. The largest number (3.4–14.6 pcs.) and the maximum total length (10.0–156.9 cm) of roots were observed under LED lamps with a combination of white, red, and blue spectra. The effect was by 1.1–2.8 and 2.0–4.5 times higher than in the case of white-spectrum LED lamps, and by 2.3–7.0 and 3.3–14.9 times than in the case of fluorescent lamps. Variety and shape proved to have no significant effect on biometric indicators. Conclusion. LED lamps had a positive effect on the process of rhizogenesis of forest berry plants during clonal micropropagation. They appeared to be more effective than fluorescent lamps. The combination of white, blue, and red spectra increased the biometric parameters of plants at the stage of in vitro rooting.

scholarly journals In vitro Propagation of Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Reichb.f. – A Rare Orchid of High Medicinal Value

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saranjeet Kaur ◽  
K.K. Bhutani
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Explants ◽  
Subsequent Development ◽  
Individual Treatment ◽  
Chemical Stimulus ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
Best Response ◽  
High Regeneration ◽  
Regeneration Response ◽  
High Regeneration Frequency

Foliar explants of Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Reichb. f. were cultured on Mitra (M) medium with 1.0 mg/l BAP, Kn  each and 1.0 mg/l NAA individually and in combination for initiation of regeneration response, proliferation of regenerants and subsequent development of plantlets. Juvenility of the tissues and chemical stimulus were important factors in initiating the regeneration response in the explants. The relatively older leaf explants (>1cm in length) remained recalcitrant to regeneration the representing younger ones (<1cm in length) responded to certain chemical regimes. BAP, Kn individually in the medium should direct PLB regeneration whereas when used with NAA, the explants showed callus proliferation and further differentiated into PLBs. An individual treatment with NAA (1.0 mg/l) impaired the response frequency and delayed further morphogenetic processes leading to plantlet development. The best response in the explants (in terms of high regeneration frequency, early initiation, PLB proliferations, and plantlet development) was observed in 1.0 mg/l BAP alone/with 1.0 mg/l NAA + activated charcoal. Plantlets were transferred to pots containing epiphytic compost (1 charcoal : 1 brick pices : 1 bats). Nearly 75% of plantlets survival was recorded.  Key words: In vitro, Orchid, Vanda testacea, Micropropagation, Protocorm-like bodies, callus D.O.I. 10.3329/ptcb.v19i1.4077 Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 19(1): 1-7, 2009 (June) 

scholarly journals Study on Transformation of Ginsenosides in Different Methods

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng-meng Zheng ◽  
Fang-xue Xu ◽  
Yu-juan Li ◽  
Xiao-zhi Xi ◽  
Xiao-wei Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activity ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Pharmacological Activity ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Major Constituent ◽  
Chemical Methods ◽  
Physical Methods ◽  
Medicinal Value

Ginseng is a traditional Chinese medicine and has the extensive pharmacological activity. Ginsenosides are the major constituent in ginseng and have the unique biological activity and medicinal value. Ginsenosides have the good effects on antitumor, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative and inhibition of the cell apoptosis. Studies have showed that the major ginsenosides could be converted into rare ginsenosides, which played a significant role in exerting pharmacological activity. However, the contents of some rare ginsenosides are very little. So it is very important to find the effective way to translate the main ginsenosides to rare ginsenosides. In order to provide the theoretical foundation for the transformation of ginsenoside in vitro, in this paper, many methods of the transformation of ginsenoside were summarized, mainly including physical methods, chemical methods, and biotransformation methods.

scholarly journals Targeting the Secreted Aspartic Proteinase (SAP-1) Associated with Virulence in C. albicans by C. cassia Bio-compounds: A Computational Approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
Abigail Ranasinghe ◽  
A. S. Smiline Girija ◽  
J. Vijayashree Priyadharsini
Keyword(s):  
3D Structure ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Computational Approach ◽  
Diffusion Method ◽  
Discovery Studio ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
Ligand Interactions ◽  
Vitro Analysis

Evaluation of the drug ligand interactions between the C. cassia bio-compounds with the SAP-1 in C. albicans to explore the inhibitory medicinal potential of C. cassia bio-compounds by a computational approach is performed in the present investigation. Antimicrobial assay was done using agar well diffusion method with the crude aqueous and ethanolic extracts of the dried barks of C. cassia against C. albicans. 2D & 3D structures of the active bio-compounds of C. cassia were optimized and the 3D structure of SAP-1 was retrieved from the PDB data bank. In-silico inhibitory potential of the selected C. cassia biocompounds against SAP-1 was done by Auto Dock 2.0 and was visualized with Accelrys discovery studio visualizing tool with the assessment of the molecular properties of the ligands against SAP-1 by molinspiration calculations and further assessment for their drug likeliness. In-vitro analysis showed a promising anti-fungal activity of C. cassia extracts against C. albicans. Cinnamoyl E-acetate and Eugenyl acetate seem to possess promising inhibitory effect to target SAP-1 with a least binding energy of –5.33 and -5.21 Kcal/mol with four hydrogen bonds respectively. Molinspiration assessments showed zero violations for all the C. cassia compounds with the TPSA scores of <140 Å towards the best oral bioavailability. The findings of the study emphasize that cinnamaldehyde, cinnamoyal acetate and eugenol from C. cassia seem to possess a promising inhibitory effect against SAP-1 of C. albicans suggesting the medicinal value of the spice against SAP-1.

scholarly journals Etiology and Chinese Medicine Screening of Severe COVID-19 Based on Multiomics and Serum Pharmacology

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Zheng Zhang ◽  
ZHANG Yong-Zheng ◽  
LI Meng-Jia ◽  
WU Yang ◽  
Lu-Feng CHENG
Keyword(s):  
Toll Like Receptor ◽  
Sequencing Data ◽  
Database Analysis ◽  
Chinese Medicines ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
Pathological Mechanism ◽  
Receptor Signaling Pathway ◽  
Anti Inflammatory ◽  
Serum Pharmacology

Abstract Background At present, scholars believe that severe COVID-19 is related to a variety of basic diseases, and we also observe this point using multi-omics method. The latest sequencing data of severe COVID-19 patients were combined to analyze the pathological mechanism, and pharmacological experimental research on local drugs was conducted, and a compound ingredient was found to have potential medicinal value. Results Here, we observed, for patients with severe COVID-19 disease, the differential miRNA expression is mainly low but having higher expression of mRNA. These differential mRNA expressions are associated with the activation of inflammatory pathways and ultimately with hypoxia and coagulation. Using database analysis, we found that Yi Xin Tong Mai Granule(YXTMG) might regulate COVID-19 through Toll-like receptor signaling pathway by acting on different immune targets. We found a new molecular mechanism for COVID-19 to turn the crisis around, the down-regulated miR-181a-5p mediates the up-regulation of PLAU and SERPINE1 molecules to cause cardiovascular adverse events, and YXTMG may prevent it. At the same time, molecular docking indicated that the its various components have anti-inflammatory activity. In vitro studies, we confirmed that YXTMG had antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Conclusions The study has supplemented the potential mechanism for the conversion of mild to critical COVID-19 disease and screened the Chinese medicines for improving these factors, providing methodological reference for disease pathology and drug development.

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