RESUMO
The genotoxic effect of two tanshinones isolated from roots of Hyptis martiussi Benth (Labiatae) was studied using V79 (Chinese hamster lung) cells by the alkaline comet assay and micronucleus test. Tanshinones were incubated with the cells at concentrations of 1, 3, 6 and 12 microg/mL for 3 h. Tanshinones were shown to be quite strongly genotoxic against V79 cells at all tested concentrations. The data obtained provide support to the view that tanshinones has DNA damaging activity in cultured V79 cells under the conditions of the assays.
Assuntos
Antioxidantes/uso terapêutico , Intoxicação por Tetracloreto de Carbono/prevenção & controle , Doença Hepática Induzida por Substâncias e Drogas/prevenção & controle , Flavonoides/uso terapêutico , Animais , Análise Química do Sangue , Intoxicação por Tetracloreto de Carbono/patologia , Catalase/metabolismo , Doença Hepática Induzida por Substâncias e Drogas/patologia , Fígado Gorduroso/induzido quimicamente , Fígado Gorduroso/patologia , Glutationa/metabolismo , Glutationa Transferase/metabolismo , Hepatócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Hepatócitos/patologia , Peroxidação de Lipídeos/efeitos dos fármacos , Fígado/patologia , Masculino , Malondialdeído/metabolismo , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Extratos Vegetais , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Superóxido Dismutase/metabolismo , Substâncias Reativas com Ácido Tiobarbitúrico/metabolismoRESUMO
Two abietane diterpenes were isolated from a hexane extract of Hyptis martiusii roots and identified as carnasol 11,14-dihidroxy-8,11,13-abietatrien-7-one. These compounds were tested for their antiproliferative effects on tumor cell lines using 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide and on the sea urchin egg development. Both compounds displayed cytotoxic activity against tumor cell lines, but only carnasol was able to inhibit the sea urchin egg cleavages.
