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The present study attempts to study alcohol metabolizing and antioxidant properties of Gynostemma pentaphyllum(Thunb.) Makino distillate (GPD) and combination effects with Hovenia dulcis Thunb. extract (HDE) on these activities.The alcohol-metabolizing activity of GPD with/without HDE was determined by assessing alcohol dehydrogenase(ADH) and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) activities. To define the effect of GPD with/without HDE on alcoholmetabolism, antioxidant activities and total phenolic content of GPD with/without HD extract were evaluated using2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl free radical scavenging, ferrous chelating assays, and the Folin–Ciocalteu method.Cytotoxicity against human normal liver CHANG cells was also evaluated using the 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay. GPD treatment alone or in combination with HDE significantly increased ADHand ALDH activities; combined treatment was most effective. Total phenolic and flavonoid contents were greater incombination than the level found in GPD alone. GPD revealed a synergistic antioxidant effect when combined withHDE. GPD and/or HDE had no antiproliferative activity against the normal liver cell line. These results suggest thatGPD-HDE combination is the possible natural resource for the management of alcohol-induced liver injury.
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Objective To study the anti-alcoholism effect of Puerariae lobatae radix, Puerariae lobatae flowers, Hovenia dulcis thunb mixture on acute alcohol poisoning in mice.Methods A model of acute alcoholism in mice was established by intragastrical administration of alcohol.The best ratio of each component in the mixture was identified by observing the sobering effect of the mixtures on mice.The best ratio mixture was divided into low dose group and high dose group.The mice tolerance time, drunken time, the ethanol concentration in the blood and the alcohol dehydrogenase activity in liver were measured to study the anti-alcoholism effect of the mixture.Results The Puerariae lobatae radix, Puerariae lobatae flowers, Hovenia dulcis thunb mixture not only increased the tolerance time and decreased the drunken time of mice, but also significantly reduced the ethanol concentration in blood and improved the activity of alcohol dehydrogenase in liver.Conclusion This study found that Puerariae lobatae radix, Puerariae lobatae flowers, Hovenia dulcis thunb mixture has anti-alcoholism effect on acute alcoholism in mice.
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OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the anti-inflammatory effects and the action mechanism of the fruits of Hovenia dulcis (H. dulcis) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced mouse macrophage Raw 264.7 cells.@*METHODS@#The extract of H. dulcis fruits (EHDF) were extracted with 70% ethanol. Mouse macrophages were treated with different concentrations of EHDF in the presence and absence of LPS (1 μg/mL). To demonstrate the inflammatory mediators including nitric oxide, inducible nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression levels were analyzed by using in vitro assay systems. COX-derived pro-inflammatory cytokines including interleukin-1β, tumor necrosis factor-α and prostaglandin E2 were determined using ELISA kits. Cell viability, heme oxygenase-1 expression, nuclear factor-kappaB and nuclear factor E2-related factors 2 translocation were also investigated.@*RESULTS@#EHDF potently inhibited the LPS-stimulated nitric oxide, inducible nitric oxide synthase, COX-2, interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α expression in a dose-dependent manner. EHDF suppressed the phosphorylation of inhibited kappaB-alpha and p65 nuclear translocation. Treatment of macrophage cells with EHDF alone induced the heme oxygenase-1 and nuclear translocation of nuclear factor E2-related factor 2.@*CONCLUSIONS@#These results suggest that the ethanol extract of H. dulcis fruit exerts its anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting inhibited kappaB-alpha phorylation and nuclear translocation of nuclear factor-kappaB.
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Objective: To investigate the anti-inflammatory effects and the action mechanism of the fruits of Hovenia dulcis (H. dulcis) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced mouse macrophage Raw 264.7 cells. Methods: The extract of H. dulcis fruits (EHDF) were extracted with 70% ethanol. Mouse macrophages were treated with different concentrations of EHDF in the presence and absence of LPS (1 μg/mL). To demonstrate the inflammatory mediators including nitric oxide, inducible nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression levels were analyzed by using in vitro assay systems. COX-derived pro-inflammatory cytokines including interleukin-1β, tumor necrosis factor-α and prostaglandin E
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Hovenia dulcis Thunberg (uva-Japão) é uma árvore caducifolia nativa da China e de alguns lugares do Japão. Nos últimos anos essa planta foi utilizada como forma de sombreamento para aviários no Oeste e Meio-Oeste de Santa Catarina e passou a disseminar-se por toda a região. Os bovinos comem avidamente seus frutos maduros quando caem ao chão. Suspeitas de intoxicação ocorreram no outono e início de inverno e coincidiam com a maturação dos frutos. A doença foi reproduzida em 2004 por outros autores através da administração dos frutos a bovinos, em dose única de 24,5g/kg. Nos anos subsequentes não ocorreram reclamações sobre a intoxicação pelos frutos dessa planta, embora, muitos criadores afirmavam que os bovinos, na temporada de maturação, continuavam a ingerir os frutos. Experimentalmente, nove bovinos que receberam frutos da planta em doses únicas entre 30 e 50g/kg, apenas dois bovinos adoeceram gravemente e um morreu. O quadro clínico e as lesões foram semelhantes à intoxicação reproduzida em 2004, porém, a dose necessária para reproduzirmos a doença foi 100% superior à dose tóxica preconizada como letal em 2004.
Hovenia dulcis Thunberg (Japan grape) is a deciduous tree native of China and some parts of Japan. Over the last years, the tree has been used for shading in poultry farms of western and middle western Santa Catarina, spreading in the region. Cattle ingest the ripe fruits of H. dulcis fallen to the ground. The fruits were suspected to cause poisoning during fall and early winter, period of their maturation. The disease has been reproduced in 2004 by other authors with a single dose of 24.5g/kg. In the subsequent years no complaints regarding the toxicity of H. dulcis fruits have been reported, although many breeders observed that cattle continued to consume them during the ripening season. We administered the fruits at single doses of 30-50g/kg to nine calves, only two of them became seriously ill and one died. The clinical picture and lesions were similar to the poisoning reproduced in 2004, however, the dose required to reproduce the poisoning was 100% higher than the lethal dose found in 2004.
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Animals , Cattle , Cattle , Poisoning/physiopathology , Plant Poisoning/veterinary , Rhamnaceae/poisoning , Toxicological SymptomsABSTRACT
Cerebrovascular accidents and coronary artery disease are the leading causes of cardiovascular mortalities in Brazil and high levels of LDL cholesterol are one of the main risk factors. In this context, several plant extracts and natural substances have shown promise as cholesterol-lowering. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of the hydroalcoholic extract of the fruit of H. dulcis and of dihydromyricetin in cholesterol reduction in hypercholesterolemic rats. Forty-two Wistar male rats were distributed into seven groups of six animals that received diets supplemented with 1% cholesterol and 0.3% cholic acid, with the exception of the control group, which received conventional diets. Animals were treated with oral suspensions containing: atorvastatin 1.0 mg/kg; H. dulcis extract at 50.0 and 100.0 mg/kg and dihydromyricetin at 25.0 and 50.0 mg/kg vehicle (control group). The following biochemical markers were evaluated; total cholesterol, HDL-C, LDL-C, triglycerides, AST, ALT, and alkaline phosphatase. The hypercholesterolemic diet was effective in inducing hypercholesterolemia, increasing total cholesterol by 112.7% relative to the control group. The treatments with two doses of the extract proved to be promising hypocholesterolemic agents, as they were able to substantially reduce total cholesterol and LDL-C, without significantly altering triglycerides, hepatic transaminases, and alkaline phosphatase, thereby encouraging the studies with the plant H. dulcis. The groups treated with the flavonoid dihydromyricetin, although they showed a significant reduction in total cholesterol and LDL-C, and found increases in triglycerides and hepatic transaminases, which is unwanted in the context of hypercholesterolaemia.
No Brasil, o acidente vascular cerebral e a doença arterial coronariana constituem as principais causas de mortalidade cardiovascular, sendo os altos níveis de colesterol LDL um dos principais fatores de risco. Nesse contexto, diversos extratos vegetais e substâncias naturais isoladas têm se mostrado promissoras como hipocolesterolemiantes. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar o potencial do extrato hidroalcoólico dos frutos de Hovenia dulcis e do flavonóide diidromiricetina na redução do colesterol em ratos hipercolesterolêmicos. Quarenta e dois ratos Wistar machos, foram distribuídos em 7 grupos de 6 animais, que receberam dieta suplementada com 1% de colesterol e 0,3% de ácido cólico, à exceção do grupo controle, que recebeu ração convencional. Posteriormente, os animais foram tratados com suspensões orais contendo: atorvastatina 1,0 mg/kg; extrato de H. dulcis de 50,0 e 100,0 mg/kg; diidromiricetina de 25,0 e 50,0 mg/kg e veículo (grupo controle). Avaliaram-se os parâmetros bioquímicos: colesterol total, HDL-C, LDL-C, triglicérides, AST, ALT e fosfatase alcalina. A dieta hipercolesterolêmica foi efetiva na indução da hipercolesterolemia, aumentando o colesterol total em 112,7% em relação ao controle. Os tratamentos com as duas doses do extrato mostraram-se promissores como agentes hipocolesterolemiantes, já que foram capazes de reduzir substancialmente o colesterol total e LDL-C, sem alterar significativamente triglicérides, as transaminases hepáticas e a fosfatase alcalina, incentivando, assim, a continuidade de estudos com a planta H. dulcis. Já os grupos tratados com o flavonóide diidromiricetina, apesar de apresentarem redução significativa do colesterol total e de LDL-C, apresentaram elevações nos triglicérides e nos parâmetros hepáticos, resultado indesejável no âmbito das hipercolesterolemias.
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Rats , Rats/classification , Anacardiaceae , Hypercholesterolemia/chemically induced , Plants, Medicinal/classification , Cholesterol/pharmacologyABSTRACT
Toxic hepatitis is a rare but devastating disease in children. Herbs are widely used in oriental medicine to treat various symptoms in Korea, however, several herbs have been reported to induce liver injury. We report a case of toxic hepatitis induced by Hovenia dulcis in a 3-year-old boy. He complained of nausea, abdominal discomfort, and jaundice. The patient had consumed water boiled with hovenia dulcis for about 1 year prior to presentation. A diagnosis of toxic hepatitis was made based on his history, laboratory data, viral markers, ultrasonography, and biopsied liver tissue. We administered supportive management for acute fulminant hepatitis but his symptoms and liver function progressed. He was transferred to another hospital for further evaluation and consideration for liver transplantation. Because acute liver failure due to herbs or dietary supplement taken for a long time is often fetal, it is important to make early diagnosis and stop taking the drug as soon as drug induced liver injury is suspected.
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Child , Humans , Biomarkers , Dietary Supplements , Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury , Early Diagnosis , Hepatitis , Jaundice , Korea , Liver , Liver Failure, Acute , Liver Transplantation , Medicine, East Asian Traditional , Nausea , Child, Preschool , WaterABSTRACT
Objective: To investigate the nootropic components of Hovenia dulcis. Methods: Six saponins were isolated from Hovenia dulcis and Step-down test was used to examine the memory ability of mice. The escape latency and the times of wrong performance within 3 min were used to evaluate the memory ability of mice. To study the effects of saponins on learning and memory in mice, we divided the mice into 6 groups: youth group, aged group, aged plus piracetam(0.3 g/kg) group, aged plus saponins (0.6 g/kg) group, aged plus saponins (0.3 g/kg) group, and aged plus saponins(0.15 g/kg) group. To study the influence of saponins on impairment of memory acquirement, consolidation, and reoccurrence (induced by scopolamine, sodium nitrite and 40% ethanol, respectively), mice were also divided into the following 7 groups: control group, untreated group, Piracetam group (0.3 g/kg), compound 3 group(0.3 g/kg), compound 4 group(0.3 g/kg), compound 5 group(0.3 g/kg), and compound 6 group (0.3 g/kg). Results: The chemical structures of six saponins were elucidated as 3-O-stigmasterol-(6-O- palmitoyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), β-daucosterin (2), hovenidulcioside A1 (3), hoduloside I (4), hoduloside IV (5), and saponins C2 (6). Among them, compounds 1 and 2 were isolated from this plant for the first time. Compounds 5 and 6 had enhancing effect on the learning and memory ability of natural senile mice, and they could improve the impairment of memory acquirement, consolidation and recurrence in mice induced by scopolamine, sodium nitrite and 40% ethanol, respectively. Conclusion: The aglycone of jujubogenin might be the main saponins contributing to the nootropic effect of total saponins from Hovenia dulcis.
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OBJECTIVE:To study the active fraction of the seeds of Hovenia Dulcis Thunb.to treat acute alcoholism.METHODES:The seeds of Hovenia Dulcis Thunb.were divided into five parts:superitical fluid extraction(SFE)part,chloroform extraction part,ethyl acetate extraction part,n-butanol extraction part and water extraction part.The effects of the active fraction of the seeds of Hovenia Dulcis Thunb.on ebriety latency,ebriety rate,mortality,and ethanol concentration-time curve of the alcoholism mice were investigated.RESULTS:The ethyl acetate extract could prolong the ebriety latency of the mice,decrease ebriety rate and mortality of the alcoholism mice,and significantly decrease serum ethanol concentrations at 0.5,1,and 1.5h after alcohol administration(P
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Objective To establish a quality standard of Hovenia dulics Thunb. Method The presence of quercetin was identified and assayed by TLC and HPLC, respectively. Result Linearity of marker was obtained over the range of 1.32 ～ 5.28 ?g (r =0.9999). The average recovery rate was 98.78% (RSD=1.08%). Conclusion TLC is specific. The method of quality is accurate, reappearance, simple, rapid, and suitable for the quality control of Hovenia dulcis Thunb.
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Objective:To investigate the nootropic components of Hovenia dulcis.Methods: Six saponins were isolated from Hovenia dulcis and Step-down test was used to examine the memory ability of mice.The escape latency and the times of wrong performance within 3 min were used to evaluate the memory ability of mice.To study the effects of saponins on learning and memory in mice,we divided the mice into 6 groups:youth group,aged group,aged plus piracetam(0.3 g/kg) group,aged plus saponins(0.6 g/kg) group,aged plus saponins(0.3 g/kg) group,and aged plus saponins(0.15 g/kg) group.To study the influence of saponins on impairment of memory acquirement,consolidation,and reoccurrence(induced by scopolamine,sodium nitrite and 40% ethanol,respectively),mice were also divided into the following 7 groups:control group,untreated group,piracetam group(0.3 g/kg),compound 3 group(0.3 g/kg),compound 4 group(0.3 g/kg),compound 5 group(0.3 g/kg),and compound 6 group(0.3 g/kg).Results: The chemical structures of six saponins were elucidated as 3-O-stigmasterol-(6-O-palmitoyl)-?-D-glucopyranoside(1),?-daucosterin(2),hovenidulcioside A1(3),hoduloside Ⅰ(4),hoduloside Ⅳ(5),and saponins C2(6).Among them,compounds 1 and 2 were isolated from this plant for the first time.Compounds 5 and 6 had enhancing effect on the learning and memory ability of natural senile mice,and they could improve the impairment of memory acquirement,consolidation and recurrence in mice induced by scopolamine,sodium nitrite and 40% ethanol,respectively.Conclusion: The aglycone of jujubogenin might be the main saponins contributing to the nootropic effect of total saponins from Hovenia dulcis.