Clinical safety evaluation of a tea containing Cissampelos sympodialis in healthy volunteers

ABSTRACTCissampelos sympodialis Eichler, Menispermaceae, is widely used by Indian tribes and folk medicine to treat various inflammatory disorders, including asthma. Clinical toxicological trials were made with the tea of C. sympodialis, a medicinal plant. The study took place at Lauro Wanderley Hospital/UFPB-PB, where seventeen healthy volunteers were chosen, among those six men and eleven women who orally ingested, during four weeks uninterruptedly, 150 ml of the tea, once a day. Before the first ingestion and after the last one, the participants were subjected to clinical and laboratorial tests for their overall conditions in order to analyze the toxicity of the plant. The results demonstrated that the volunteers neither experience clinical nor laboratorial alterations, as well as no significant adverse effects, apart from little change detected in their hematological tests. Nevertheless, none demonstrated any pathological conditions, just alterations of the normal human being physiology. Therefore, it is concluded that these data complement that obtained during pre-clinical studies and confirm a low toxicity of this plant.

Toxicidade Aguda em Ratos Wistar Tratados com o Extrato Etanólico de Dioclea grandiflora Mart. Ex Benth (Fabaceae) (EEDg) / Acute Toxicity of Dioclea grandiflora Mart. Ex Benth (Fabaceae) Ethanolic Extract in Wistar Rats

Introdução: A Dioclea grandiflora, conhecido como Mucunã de caroço,atua sobre o Sistema Nervoso Central, doenças da próstata e pedrasnos rins. Objetivo: Realizar estudo toxicológico não clínico agudo, emratos, com base na Instrução Normativa nº4, de 18 de junho de 2014da Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA). Material eMétodos: Foram utilizados ratos Wistar, ambos os sexos, dose 2000mg/kg, via oral, do extrato etanólico bruto de Dioclea grandifloraadministrado a um grupo tratado e um grupo controle (veículo). Apósa administração, os parâmetros de comportamento foi observado por30, 60, 90, 120, 180 e 240 minutos, consumo de ração e água,parâmetros hematológicos e bioquímicos. O número de sobreviventescontabilizados para determinar a DL50. Resultados: Houve aumentoestatisticamente significativo no consumo de água (Controle:160,4±5,85; Tratado: 201,3±8,55) e ração das fêmeas (Controle:95,98±3,02; Tratado: 113,1±2,42) e aumento estatisticamentesignificativo no consumo de água (Controle: 236,7±6,43; Tratado:267,5±8,72) e ração dos machos (Controle: 152,4±2,51; Tratado:177,64,15). Aumento estatisticamente significativo na albumina dosmachos (Controle: 3,2±0,08; Tratado: 3,6±0,08), nas fêmeas reduziuestatisticamente significativo a fosfatase alcalina (Controle:198,5±18,81; Tratado: 99,97±16,02) , proteína total (Controle:7,85±0,09; Tratado: 6,85±0,24) e globulinas (Controle: 4,28±0,14;Tratado: 3,27±0,27). Diminuiu estatisticamente significativo o númerode hemácias nas fêmeas (Controle: 10,18±0,28; Tratado: 9,62±0,18).Conclusão: De acordo com os resultados a DL50 foi superior à dosetestada, porém são necessários estudos toxicológicos de longa duraçãopara atestar a segurança de seu uso...

Introduction: Dioclea grandiflora, known as Mucunã de caroço, acts onthe central nervous system, and against prostate disease and kidneystones. Objective: To perform a nonclinical acute toxicology study inrats following the Normative Instruction #4 as of June 18th 2014 of theNational Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA). Material and Methods:Wistar rats of both sexes were used in the study. A dose of 2000 mg/kg of Dioclea grandiflora ethanolic extract was administered orally tothe test group. A control group using only the vehicle was also included.Then behavioral parameters were monitored for 30, 60, 90, 120, 180,and 240 minutes after feed and water intake, along with hematologicaland biochemical parameters. The number of survivors was recordedto determine the LD50. Results: There was a statistically significantincrease in water (Control: 160.4 ± 5.85; Treated: 201.3 ± 8.55), andfeed intake (Control: 95.98 ± 3.02; Treated: 113.1 ± 2.42) for femalerats; and a statistically significant increase in water (Control: 236.7 ±6.43; Treated: 267.5 ± 8.72) and feed intake (Control: 152.4 ± 2.51;Treated: 177.6 ± 4.15) for males. A statistically significant increase inalbumin levels was observed for males (Control: 3.2 ± 0.08; Treated:3.6 ± 0.08), and a decrease in alkaline phosphatase (Control: 198.5 ±18.81; Treated: 99.97 ± 16.02), total protein (Control: 7.85 ± 0.09;Treated: 6.85 ± 0.24) and globulin (Control: 4.28 ± 0.14; Treated: 3.27± 0.27) was found for females. Also, in females the number of redblood cells was found to be significantly reduced (Control: 10.18 ±0.28; Treated: 9.62 ± 0.18). Conclusion: According to the results, theLD50 value found was higher than that of the tested dose. Howeverlong-term toxicology studies are needed to further prove the safetyof the extract...

Parâmetros bioquímicos e hematológicos de ratos wistar e camundongos swiss do biotério professor Thomas George / Biochemical and hematological parameters of wistar rats and swiss mice in the professor Thomas George animal laboratory

Objetivo: Este trabalho teve como objetivo estabelecer valores de referência de parâmetros bioquímicos e hematológicos de roedores provenientes do Biotério Professor Thomas George do Laboratório de Tecnologia Farmacêutica (LTF) da Universidade Federal da Paraíba(UFPB). Metodologia: Avaliaram-se o perfil hematológico,hemograma, contagem de plaquetas, e a determinação bioquímica de vários constituintes plasmáticos: glicose, uréia,creatinina, colesterol total, triglicerídeos, ácido úrico,proteínas totais e frações, fosfatase alcalina, transaminases,sódio, potássio, cálcio e magnésio. Foram utilizados ratos Wistar albinos e camundongos Swiss, adultos, pesando 150a 350g e 15 a 35g, respectivamente, totalizando 40 para cada espécie animal (20 machos e 20 fêmeas). Resultados:Algumas variações foram detectadas entre os valores obtidos nos animais investigados e os parâmetros da literatura. Nos ratos, observaram-se valores inferiores para leucócitos e eosinófilos, e para camundongos obtiveram-se valores elevados para plaquetas, AST, ALT, fosfatase alcalina, globulina, íons cálcio e magnésio, em comparação com dados na literatura. Conclusão: Portanto, é importante oconhecimento e a divulgação dos valores de parâmetros fisiológicos dos animais de experimentação, considerando que podem exibir variações influenciadas por vários fatores que devem ser levados em consideração nas pesquisas experimentais, como sexo, linhagem e genótipo.

Objective: The objective of the present study was to establish reference values for the biochemical and hematological parameters of rodents from the Professor Thomas George animal laboratory of the Pharmaceutical Technology Laboratory, Federal University of Paraíba. Methodology: The parameters evaluated consisted of hematological profile withfull blood and platelet counts, as well as serum components including glucose, urea, creatinine, total cholesterol, triglycerides, uric acid, total protein and protein fractions, alkaline phosphatase, transaminases, sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Adult albino Wistar rats and Swissmice (20 males and 20 females of each species), weighing150-350 grams and 15-35 grams, respectively, were used inthe study. Results: Variations were detected between values obtained in the animals and parameters established in theliterature. In rats, leukocyte and eosinophile counts werelower, while in mice, platelet counts, AST, ALT, alkalinephosphatase, globulin, calcium and magnesium levels werehigher compared to data published in the literature. Conclusion: In conclusion, the physiological parameters of experimental animals should be well established and made available in view of the variations that may exist as a result of various factors such as sex, lineage and geno type of the rodents that must be taken into consideration in experimental studies.

Padronização do parâmetros hematológicos e bioquímicos de camundongos Swiss e ratos Wistar / Haemotological and biochemical parameter standardization of Swiss mice and Wistar rats

Foram realizados determinações hematológicas (hemograma e contagem de plaquetas) e bioquímicas (glicose, uréia, creatinina, colesterol total, triglicerídeos, ácido úrico, proteínas totais e frações, fosfatase alcalina, transaminases, sódio, potássio, cálcio e magnésio) em camundongos Swiss e ratos Wistar, mantidos no Biotério do Laboratório de Tecnologia Farmacêutica da Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Para a obtenção desses parâmetros foi utlizado sangue obtido pela sangria do plexo braquial. Foram detectadas variações nos valores obtidos entre os animais machos e fêmeas investigados; também ficou evidenciado que existem diferenças nos parâmetros obtidos por outros autores.

Swiss mice and Wistar rats, maintained in the Bioterium of the Laboratory of Pharmaceutics Technology/UFPB, were analysed through haematological (hemogram and platelets) and biochemistry (glucose, urea, creatinine, total cholesterol, triglycerides, uric acid, total proteins and fractions, alkaline phosphatase, transaminases, sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium) determinations. The blood analysed was obtained from the brachial plexus bloodletting. It was detected that there are variations in the parameters among males and females investigated and so in relation to the values obtained from other searchers.