Anti-inflammatory evaluation and acute toxicity of three food supplements that contain Moussonia deppeana
Journal Title: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 10, Issue 2
Abstract
Objective: To identify the anti-inflammatory activity through two murine models and in the median Lethal Dose (LD50) of three dietary supplements that contain Moussonia deppeana. Methods: The anti-inflammatory activity of three dietary supplements (Cicatrisan/Gastricus ®, Gastinol®, and Gastrovita®) EtOH extracts was evaluated by TPA and by carrageenan murine models; also, median Lethal Dose (LD50) was determined. Verbascoside was quantified by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography. b-sitosterol, stigmasterol and the mixture of ursolic and oleanolic acids were identified in all supplements by TLC; however, none of these dietary supplements contain verbascoside. Results: For the TPA model, Cicatrisan/Gastricus® generated a notable effect with 38.24% inhibition. While in the carrageenan model, it also exhibited noteworthy antiinflammatory activity of ear edema with 66.39% of paw edema inhibition at 150 mg/ kg, followed by Gastinol® and Gastrovita® with z50% at 300 mg/kg. Finally, LD50 was >2 g/kg for all supplements, when was administered intragastrically and Body Weight (BW) gain in mice was not altered after 14 days. Conclusions: Of the three food supplements containing M. deppeana, only the EtOH extract from Cicatrisan/Gastricus® formulation (tablets) showed significant antiinflammatory activity in both experimental models and the LD50 was >2 g/kg.
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María Adelina Jim´enez-Arellanes
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- DOI 10.1016/j.apjtm.2017.01.008
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