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Anti-oxidative Effect of Piperine from Piper nigrum L. in Caenorhabditis elegans
Natural Product Sciences ; : 255-260, 2019.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-760563
ABSTRACT
Piper nigrum L. (Piperaceae), which is a well-known food seasoning, has been used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and anorexia in Korea, China and Japan. Methanol extract from the fruit of P. nigrum was successively partitioned as n-hexane, methylene chloride, ethyl acetate, n-butanol and H₂O soluble fractions. Among those fractions the ethyl acetate soluble fraction showed the most potent DPPH radical scavenging activity, and piperine was isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction. To know the antioxidant activity of piperine, we tested the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase together with oxidative stress tolerance and intracellular ROS level in Caenorhabditis elegans. To investigate whether piperine-mediated increased stress tolerance was due to regulation of stress-response gene, we quantified SOD-3 expression using transgenic strain including CF1553. Consequently, piperine enhanced SOD and catalase activities of C. elegans, and reduced intracellular ROS accumulation in a dose–dependent manner. Moreover, piperine-treated CF1553 worms exhibited significantly higher SOD-3GFP intensity.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Seasons / Superoxide Dismutase / Vomiting / Caenorhabditis / Anorexia / Catalase / Abdominal Pain / China / Caenorhabditis elegans / Oxidative Stress Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Natural Product Sciences Year: 2019 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Seasons / Superoxide Dismutase / Vomiting / Caenorhabditis / Anorexia / Catalase / Abdominal Pain / China / Caenorhabditis elegans / Oxidative Stress Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Natural Product Sciences Year: 2019 Type: Article