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Plant Foods Hum Nutr
; 74(3): 307-315, 2019 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31104201
ABSTRACT
Sorghum contains phenolic compounds with reported biological activities. The objective was to evaluate the ability of sorghum phenolic extract to inhibit inflammasomes in THP-1 human macrophages. THP-1 human macrophages was pre-treated with sorghum phenolics and the inflammasome was activated by lipopolysaccharide and adenosine triphosphate treatment. Treatment of macrophages with 50 µg sorghum extract/mL reduced IL-1ß and IL-18 secretion by 59.7 and 32.0%, respectively, associated with caspase-1 activity reduction. Moreover, the production of intracellular reactive oxygen species was reduced. Our data showed the potential role of sorghum phenolics in diseases associated with aberrant inflammasomes activation.