Antioxidant activity and hypoglycemic effect assessment of the leaves from Syzygium cumini (L. ) Skeels in Wistar rats
Acta sci., Health sci
; 43: e52931, Feb.11, 2021.
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ABSTRACT
Syzygiumcumini(L.) Skeels wasadaptedto the climatic conditionsandsoil typesin Brazil. Its fruits, leaves andinner barkare usedin folk medicinedue to their highantioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenicandantidiabeticactivities mainlyassociated with the presenceof phenolic compounds. It is estimated thatat least300million peopleworldwide developdiabetesand approximately 11million peopleare carriersof the disease in Brazil.The objectiveof this workwas to evaluate thein vitro antioxidant activity, as well as thehypoglycemic actionofhydroethanolic extract(HEE), the ethyl acetate(EAF) andhydromethanolic(HMF) fractions from leavesofS.cumini(L.) Skeels in rats. All assays werecarried out in three replications. Data wereexpressed as meanï±SDand significance was evaluated by ANOVAand Bonferronitest (p < 0.05). The results indicatea significant(p < 0.05) total phenolcontent (207 ± 2.3GAE mg g-1) andantioxidant activity(EC50=9.05±0.170 µg mL-1) for EAF. HEE and its fractions showed no significant (p > 0.05) actionto modulateglucosebytheOGTT assayinnondiabetic micecompared to control. Thus the use of the plant against diabetes in individuals is not proven.
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01-internacional
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LILACS
Main subject:
Biological Products
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Rats, Wistar
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Syzygium
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Hypoglycemic Agents
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Antioxidants
Type of study:
Evaluation_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences (Online)
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Acta sci., Health sci
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Acta scientiarum. Health sciences
Journal subject:
Medicina
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Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
Brazil