SILYMARIN PROTECTS AGAINST COPPER-ASCORBATE INDUCED INJURY TO GOAT CARDIAC MITOCHONDRIA IN VITRO: INVOLVEMENT OF ANTIOXIDANT MECHANISM(S)
Journal Title: International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 6, Issue 8
Abstract
Silymarin, 'one of the component of the Milk thistle seeds Silybum marianum (L.) is used in traditional food and medicine in India. In the present study, we investigated the antioxidant activities of Silymarin against copper-ascorbate induced toxic injury to mitochondria obtained from goat heart, in vitro. Incubation of isolated cardiac mitochondria with copper-ascorbate resulted in elevated levels of lipid peroxidation and protein carbonylation of the mitochondrial membrane, a reduced level of mitochondrial GSH and altered status of antioxidant enzymes as well as decreased activities of pyruvate dehydrogenase and the Kreb’s cycle enzymes, altered mitochondrial morphology, mitochondrial swelling and di-tyrosine level. All these changes were found to be ameliorated when the cardiac mitochondria were co-incubated with copper-ascorbate and Silymarin, in vitro. Silymarin, in our in vitro experiments, was found to scavenge hydrogen peroxide, superoxide anion free radicals, hydroxyl radicals and DPPH radical, in a chemically defined system, indicating that this compound may provide protection to cardiac mitochondria against copper-ascorbate induced toxic injury through its antioxidant activities. The results of this study suggest that Silymarin may be considered as a future therapeutic antioxidant and may be used singly or as a co-therapeutic in the treatment of diseases associated with mitochondrial oxidative stress.Â
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Mousumi Dutta, Arnab Kumar Ghosh, Vinod Rangari, Garima Jain, Sonali M. Khobragade, Aindrila Chattopadhyay, Debajit Bhowmick, Tridib Das, Debasish Bandyopadhyay
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