DNA damage is one of the most important consequences of oxidative stress in the cells. If DNA repair is unable to modify these inducible DNA damages, genomic instability may lead to mutation, cancer, aging and many ot...DNA damage is one of the most important consequences of oxidative stress in the cells. If DNA repair is unable to modify these inducible DNA damages, genomic instability may lead to mutation, cancer, aging and many other diseases. Single cell gel electrophoresis or comet assay is a common and versatile method to quantify these types of DNA damages. DNA damages induced by hydrogen peroxide(H_2O_2) are one of the proper models for measurement of protective ability of different compounds. So the main aim of this review is to provide an overview about protection ability of medicinal plants and their potential mechanism against H_2O_2 induced DNA damages. In this review, relevant researches on the effect of medicinal plants on DNA damages induced by H_2O_2 and possible molecular mechanisms are discussed.It seems that, medicinal plants are considered as therapeutic key factors to protect DNA from consequences caused by oxidative stress. Sufficient in vitro evidences introduce them as DNA protective agents through different mechanisms including antioxidant activity and some other cellular mechanisms. Moreover, in order to correlate the antigenotoxicity effects with their potential antioxidant property, most of medicinal plants were evaluated in term of antioxidant activity using standard methods. This review highlights the preventive effects of herbal medicine against oxidative DNA damages as well as provides rational possibility to engage them in animal studies and future clinical investigations.展开更多
Objective:To determine the effects of syringic acid on hepatic damage in diabetic rats.Methods:Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin.Diabetic rats were given syringic acid at doses of 25,50 and 100 mg/kg by oral gava...Objective:To determine the effects of syringic acid on hepatic damage in diabetic rats.Methods:Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin.Diabetic rats were given syringic acid at doses of 25,50 and 100 mg/kg by oral gavage for 6 weeks.Syringic acid effects on the liver were evaluated by examination of plasma biochemical parameters,and pathological study.In addition,biomarkers of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status of liver tissues were assessed.Real time-PCR was performed to investigate the m RNA expression levels of mitochondrial biogenesis indices in different groups.Results:Syringic acid significantly attenuated the increase in most of plasma biochemical parameters in diabetic rats.Moreover,syringic acid treatment increased the catalase activity while it reduced the superoxide dismutase activity and hepatic malondialdehyde level in diabetic rats.There was no difference between the glutathione content of the treated and untreated groups.These findings were supported by alleviation of histopathological damages in the syringic acid-treated groups compared to the untreated diabetic group.Syringic acid also significantly upregulated the hepatic m RNA expression of PGC-1α,NRF-1,and NRF-2 and increased the mtD NA/nD NA ratio in diabetic rats.Conclusions:Syringic acid can be considered as a suitable candidate against hepatic complications since it can reduce oxidative damages in diabetic cases.Furthermore,it has the potential of targeting hepatic mitochondria in diabetes.展开更多
Thymus daenensis Celak. is an herb endemic to Iran belonging to the Lamiaceae family. Growing in many parts of Iran, the plant is extensively used in folk medicine. This review was performed to compile phytochemical a...Thymus daenensis Celak. is an herb endemic to Iran belonging to the Lamiaceae family. Growing in many parts of Iran, the plant is extensively used in folk medicine. This review was performed to compile phytochemical and pharmacological data of T. daenensis. Databases such as PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Scientific Information Database, Embase, IranMedex and Google Scholar were searched for the terms ＂Thymus daenensis＂ and ＂Avishan-e-denail＂ up to 1st January 2014. Following reported ethnopharmacological uses, various T. daenensis preparations have been investigated for antimicrobial, antioxidant, insecticidal and immunomodulatory effects in recent studies. Moreover, numerous studies have been published on the composition of the herb＇s essential oil, focusing either on environmental parameters or preparation methods. Due to its high concentration of thymol, the plant＇s essential oil possesses high antimicrobial activities on human pathogenic strains. However, comprehensive studies on the toxicity and teratogenicity as well as clinical efficacy of Thymus daenensis are missing.展开更多
Background: Obesity is a major public health problem and its occurrence is markedly increasing in developed and developing countries. However, few studies have investigated the use of natural products to treat obesity...Background: Obesity is a major public health problem and its occurrence is markedly increasing in developed and developing countries. However, few studies have investigated the use of natural products to treat obesity. The effects of taking a combination of oxymel and Zataria multiflora Boiss.(ZM), herein referred to as Zataria oxymel(ZO), on obesity, lipid profile and insulin resistance have not yet been studied.Objective: This study evaluates the effects of oxymel and ZO on obesity, lipid profile and insulin resistance.Design, setting, participants and interventions: In this randomized, controlled, triple-blind trial, overweight patients were randomly divided into three groups and received doses of study compounds twice per day for twelve weeks. Group A received 0.75 g ZM in 10 mL oxymel in each treatment;group B received 1.5 g ZM in 10 m L of oxymel in each treatment and group C(control) only received 10 mL of oxymel in each treatment.Main outcome measures: Anthropometric parameters, including body mass index(BMI), waist circumference and hip circumference, were measured at the time of registration. Blood tests were carried out at the beginning and once again at end of the study. Blood parameters included fasting blood sugar(FBS), insulin levels, serum lipid profile(total cholesterol, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol) and liver enzymes(aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase).Serum creatinine was also measured at the beginning of the project and in monthly intervals for three months. The homeostasis model assessment index was calculated as fasting insulin(μIU/mL)×FBS(mg/dL)/405.Results: The results showed that patients receiving ZO experienced significant reduction in waist circumference in groups A, B and C, respectively(P < 0.001) but no significant change in BMI. Group A also experienced reduction in hip circumference(P = 0.01). Groups B and C had reduction in the homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance(P = 0.05 and P = 0.01, respectively), with no significant reduction in FBS.No effect on lipid profile, liver enzymes or serum creatinine was observed in the three groups.Conclusion: In this study, treatment with ZO and oxymel reduced insulin resistance, and waist and hip circumferences in overweight patients. Nonetheless, the traditional Persian use of ZO as a beverage to improve the anthropometric indices in overweight individuals still requires further research with a larger sample size.Trial registration: Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials Code IRCT20171220037976 N1.展开更多
Objective:To investigate the effects of syringic acid on HEK 293 and HepG2 cells in the absence and presence of exogenous Cu(Ⅱ)and Fe(Ⅱ)ions.Methods:The antiproliferative effects of syringic acid on HEK 293 and HepG...Objective:To investigate the effects of syringic acid on HEK 293 and HepG2 cells in the absence and presence of exogenous Cu(Ⅱ)and Fe(Ⅱ)ions.Methods:The antiproliferative effects of syringic acid on HEK 293 and HepG2 cells in the absence and presence of exogenous Cu(Ⅱ)and Fe(Ⅱ)ions were examined by MTT assay.Additionally,colony-forming,reactive oxidative species(ROS)generation,apoptosis induction,autophagy,mitochondrial membrane potential,and mitochondrial mass were investigated.Results:At 24 and 72 h,no significant differences were observed in the viability of HepG2 cells between the control and syringic acid+Fe(Ⅱ)groups.However,exposure of HepG2 cells to syringic acid+Cu(Ⅱ)for 72 h reduced the cell viability significantly.Furthermore,ROS formation,induction of apoptosis,and autophagic vacuoles were significantly increased in HepG2 cells without marked changes in mitochondrial membrane potential and mitochondrial mass.Moreover,syringic acid+Cu(Ⅱ)reduced the plating efficiency and surviving fraction significantly.Conclusions:The combination of syringic acid with Cu(Ⅱ)was toxic to cancer cells and showed pro-oxidant activity.In addition,this combination induced autophagy in cancer cells with less cytotoxic effects on normal cells,which is a potential candidate for the development of novel therapeutics towards cancer.展开更多
1 IntroductionApplication of leeches has been a common treatment measure since ancient times and descriptions can be found in the works of Pliny,Galen,Avicenna and Themison.
文摘DNA damage is one of the most important consequences of oxidative stress in the cells. If DNA repair is unable to modify these inducible DNA damages, genomic instability may lead to mutation, cancer, aging and many other diseases. Single cell gel electrophoresis or comet assay is a common and versatile method to quantify these types of DNA damages. DNA damages induced by hydrogen peroxide(H_2O_2) are one of the proper models for measurement of protective ability of different compounds. So the main aim of this review is to provide an overview about protection ability of medicinal plants and their potential mechanism against H_2O_2 induced DNA damages. In this review, relevant researches on the effect of medicinal plants on DNA damages induced by H_2O_2 and possible molecular mechanisms are discussed.It seems that, medicinal plants are considered as therapeutic key factors to protect DNA from consequences caused by oxidative stress. Sufficient in vitro evidences introduce them as DNA protective agents through different mechanisms including antioxidant activity and some other cellular mechanisms. Moreover, in order to correlate the antigenotoxicity effects with their potential antioxidant property, most of medicinal plants were evaluated in term of antioxidant activity using standard methods. This review highlights the preventive effects of herbal medicine against oxidative DNA damages as well as provides rational possibility to engage them in animal studies and future clinical investigations.
基金financially supported by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences(Grant number:95-01-70-12474).
文摘Objective:To determine the effects of syringic acid on hepatic damage in diabetic rats.Methods:Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin.Diabetic rats were given syringic acid at doses of 25,50 and 100 mg/kg by oral gavage for 6 weeks.Syringic acid effects on the liver were evaluated by examination of plasma biochemical parameters,and pathological study.In addition,biomarkers of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status of liver tissues were assessed.Real time-PCR was performed to investigate the m RNA expression levels of mitochondrial biogenesis indices in different groups.Results:Syringic acid significantly attenuated the increase in most of plasma biochemical parameters in diabetic rats.Moreover,syringic acid treatment increased the catalase activity while it reduced the superoxide dismutase activity and hepatic malondialdehyde level in diabetic rats.There was no difference between the glutathione content of the treated and untreated groups.These findings were supported by alleviation of histopathological damages in the syringic acid-treated groups compared to the untreated diabetic group.Syringic acid also significantly upregulated the hepatic m RNA expression of PGC-1α,NRF-1,and NRF-2 and increased the mtD NA/nD NA ratio in diabetic rats.Conclusions:Syringic acid can be considered as a suitable candidate against hepatic complications since it can reduce oxidative damages in diabetic cases.Furthermore,it has the potential of targeting hepatic mitochondria in diabetes.
文摘Thymus daenensis Celak. is an herb endemic to Iran belonging to the Lamiaceae family. Growing in many parts of Iran, the plant is extensively used in folk medicine. This review was performed to compile phytochemical and pharmacological data of T. daenensis. Databases such as PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Scientific Information Database, Embase, IranMedex and Google Scholar were searched for the terms ＂Thymus daenensis＂ and ＂Avishan-e-denail＂ up to 1st January 2014. Following reported ethnopharmacological uses, various T. daenensis preparations have been investigated for antimicrobial, antioxidant, insecticidal and immunomodulatory effects in recent studies. Moreover, numerous studies have been published on the composition of the herb＇s essential oil, focusing either on environmental parameters or preparation methods. Due to its high concentration of thymol, the plant＇s essential oil possesses high antimicrobial activities on human pathogenic strains. However, comprehensive studies on the toxicity and teratogenicity as well as clinical efficacy of Thymus daenensis are missing.
基金supported by Shiraz University Medical Sciences(Grant No. 1396-89) as part of a PhD thesis of Dr. Jafar Abolghasemi。
文摘Background: Obesity is a major public health problem and its occurrence is markedly increasing in developed and developing countries. However, few studies have investigated the use of natural products to treat obesity. The effects of taking a combination of oxymel and Zataria multiflora Boiss.(ZM), herein referred to as Zataria oxymel(ZO), on obesity, lipid profile and insulin resistance have not yet been studied.Objective: This study evaluates the effects of oxymel and ZO on obesity, lipid profile and insulin resistance.Design, setting, participants and interventions: In this randomized, controlled, triple-blind trial, overweight patients were randomly divided into three groups and received doses of study compounds twice per day for twelve weeks. Group A received 0.75 g ZM in 10 mL oxymel in each treatment;group B received 1.5 g ZM in 10 m L of oxymel in each treatment and group C(control) only received 10 mL of oxymel in each treatment.Main outcome measures: Anthropometric parameters, including body mass index(BMI), waist circumference and hip circumference, were measured at the time of registration. Blood tests were carried out at the beginning and once again at end of the study. Blood parameters included fasting blood sugar(FBS), insulin levels, serum lipid profile(total cholesterol, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol) and liver enzymes(aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase).Serum creatinine was also measured at the beginning of the project and in monthly intervals for three months. The homeostasis model assessment index was calculated as fasting insulin(μIU/mL)×FBS(mg/dL)/405.Results: The results showed that patients receiving ZO experienced significant reduction in waist circumference in groups A, B and C, respectively(P < 0.001) but no significant change in BMI. Group A also experienced reduction in hip circumference(P = 0.01). Groups B and C had reduction in the homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance(P = 0.05 and P = 0.01, respectively), with no significant reduction in FBS.No effect on lipid profile, liver enzymes or serum creatinine was observed in the three groups.Conclusion: In this study, treatment with ZO and oxymel reduced insulin resistance, and waist and hip circumferences in overweight patients. Nonetheless, the traditional Persian use of ZO as a beverage to improve the anthropometric indices in overweight individuals still requires further research with a larger sample size.Trial registration: Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials Code IRCT20171220037976 N1.
基金financially supported by a grant from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (Grant No:#:1396-01-70-16631)
文摘Objective:To investigate the effects of syringic acid on HEK 293 and HepG2 cells in the absence and presence of exogenous Cu(Ⅱ)and Fe(Ⅱ)ions.Methods:The antiproliferative effects of syringic acid on HEK 293 and HepG2 cells in the absence and presence of exogenous Cu(Ⅱ)and Fe(Ⅱ)ions were examined by MTT assay.Additionally,colony-forming,reactive oxidative species(ROS)generation,apoptosis induction,autophagy,mitochondrial membrane potential,and mitochondrial mass were investigated.Results:At 24 and 72 h,no significant differences were observed in the viability of HepG2 cells between the control and syringic acid+Fe(Ⅱ)groups.However,exposure of HepG2 cells to syringic acid+Cu(Ⅱ)for 72 h reduced the cell viability significantly.Furthermore,ROS formation,induction of apoptosis,and autophagic vacuoles were significantly increased in HepG2 cells without marked changes in mitochondrial membrane potential and mitochondrial mass.Moreover,syringic acid+Cu(Ⅱ)reduced the plating efficiency and surviving fraction significantly.Conclusions:The combination of syringic acid with Cu(Ⅱ)was toxic to cancer cells and showed pro-oxidant activity.In addition,this combination induced autophagy in cancer cells with less cytotoxic effects on normal cells,which is a potential candidate for the development of novel therapeutics towards cancer.
文摘1 IntroductionApplication of leeches has been a common treatment measure since ancient times and descriptions can be found in the works of Pliny,Galen,Avicenna and Themison.
